Abstract: Objective To investigate the factors related to anxiety in families of patients in cardiac care unit(CCU).Methods The family members of 50 CCU patients had been given questionnaires to evaluate their anxiety and correlative factors.Results The factors related to anxiety of families of CCU patients were the environment of emergency department,the disease knowledge and so on.Conclusion Reducing the anxious level of patients' families by proper nursing interventions can be helpful to family members' physical and mental health.

Key words: cardiac care unit, family member, anxiety, nursing