Introduction: Myocardial infarction is one of the most deadly diseases. More than 300 people die of myocardial infarction. Out of eight patients with heart failure, a person affected post-traumatic stress disorder, the same conditions can provide the next stroke. Due to the side effects of drug treatments post-traumatic stress disorder, non-pharmacological methods such as poetry therapy can be used. This study aimed to determine the effect of poetry therapy on post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with myocardial infarction in 1394 in the city of Bushehr, Iran.

Methods: This study was a clinical trial. In 60 patients with myocardial infarction in Bushehr Heart Hospital, was conducted in 1394. The samples using available and then were assigned to two groups. Checklist for data collection from the PTSD (PCl) was used. The control group did not. Poetry therapy sessions for groups of 45 minutes, 4 times per week, for each person carried. SPSS software to analyze data through Series 20 and descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, 95%) and inferential statistics (Chi-square, Fisher's exact test and independent t-test) were used.

Results: In both experimental and control groups, 7 patients (23/3%) were female and 23 (76/7%) were male. score of posttraumatic stress disorder in patients after the intervention and control groups, the difference was significant (P= 0/0001). The average score of post-traumatic stress disorder than before the intervention after intervention, in the experimental group had a statistically significant difference (P= 0/0001). Among the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder between the case and control groups after the intervention there was a significant difference (P= 0/0001).

Conclusion: Due to the effect of poetry therapy on PTSD in patients with myocardial infarction, it is recommended to use this method to reduce PTSD in patients and in clinical practice and education plan used.