Effect Of Learning Program On Patients With Angina Attack Regarding Preventive Measures Of Angina Attack | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 27, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2017, Pages 388-397 PDF (315.69 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.195275 | ||
| Author | ||
| Elhaga Ibrahim Eldesouky Mohamed | ||
| Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Angina is the single most common etiology of death globally. However, with falling angina mortality rates, an increasing number of individuals accept angina and should need support to manage angina and may need support to manage their symptoms and improve prognosis. Angina usually goes away quickly. Still, it is often an indication of a life-threatening heart problem. It's important to search out out what is going on and what patient will do to avoid an attack. the preventive measures about angina attack and changes in patients’ lifestyles can control angina and its complications. So the study was aimed to evaluate the effect of learning programs on patients with angina attacks regarding preventive measures of angina attacks. Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: The study was applied in 4 general hospitals in Port Said city. Subjects: This study was covered 111 patients recording in the cardiac department in El-Tadamon Hospital, Al- Nasr Hospital, Al- Amery Hospital, Almabra Hospital, and Porfoud Hospital at Port Said city. One tool used for data collection; "Structured questionnaire sheet" which consists of thirty-one questions concerning socio-demographic characteristics, angina attack, and preventive measures of an angina attack. Results: This study indicated that there are statistically significant improvements at p-value (0.001) immediately after program implementation regarding patients’ knowledge about preventive measures of an angina attack. Moreover, it was also found a statistically significant relationship between patients’ knowledge and total scores of their knowledge. There are statistically significant associations between the changes in the scores of either knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics (age, and duration of disease) while there are no statistically significant associations between their knowledge and educational level. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results of the present study that the learning program for the patients with angina attacks had a positive impact on their knowledge concerning preventive measures of an angina attack. Recommendations: development and implementation of continuous learning program about preventive measures of angina attack in all cardiac outpatients of all health care centers at port said city. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Angina attacks; Patients; learning program; preventive measures | ||
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