The impacts of patient education on quality of life of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting in the west bank of Palestine

24^th World Nurse Practitioners & Healthcare Congress

June 25-27, 2018 Dubai, UAE

Rebhi Bsharat and Mevlude Karadag

Ibn Sina College for Health Science, Jordan
Gazi University, Jordan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Background: Quality of life (QoL) has emerged as an important concept and outcome in health and health care. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the health education program to improve QoL of patients with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) and to reduce the problems encountered after discharge and to help patients to develop healthy behaviors to deal properly with the problems caused by the disease and to enhance their QoL after discharge. The study was clinical trial with experimental correlation design. Method: Hundred and sixty (160) patients were included in this experimental study and divided into two groups as, the intervention group (n=80) and the control group (n=80). Patients in the intervention group were given planned educational program of booklet and DVD by the research nurse beginning from hospitalization and reinforced at discharge, while the patients in the control group did not receive planned educational program other than the ordinary verbal instructions. The patient data were collected using the â�?�?personal information formâ�?, â�?�?The home follow-up form after dischargeâ�? and â�?�?SF-36 health surveyâ�? and â�?�?effectiveness of the educational programâ�?. The forms were used for data collection before and after intervention. Follow up after discharge was provided within three intervals; 2 days, 10 days and one month after discharge. Result: It was found that the mean QoL scores of the patients in the intervention group were higher than in the control group one month after discharge, significant difference was observed between the intervention and control group in all QoL domains (p<0.05). Conclusion: The educational program that consists of booklet and DVD given to CABG patients in the intervention group had a positive impact on the QoL of these patients and on alleviating the problems they encountered.