HEIDARNIA A, DEHDARI T, GHOFRANIPOUR F, KAZEMNEJAD A, HEIDARNIA M. THE EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2005; 18 (4) :319-326
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From the Department of Health Education & Biostatistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, I.R.lran. , Hidarnia@modares.ac.ir
Abstract: (5641 Views)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ability of the health education program
to improve patient's health-related quality of life with coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Seventy patients in pre-operation were randomized into the study, with 35 patients
in the experimental and 35 patients in the control group. The demographic information,
Sf-36 and Nottingham Health ProfIle questionnaire were administered and fIlled
out before surgery by seventy patients. Patients in the experimental group received the
educational intervention. Educational intervention was according to Mico' s education
planning model. For the second phase of Mico' s model, knowledge, attitude and function
were measured in seventy patients by questionnaire before education. These patients
were followed up to 1 month. Afterwards Sf- 36 and Nottingham Health Profile
questionnaires were administered I-month after education to be filled out by patients
again. SPSS and EXCEL softwares analyzed all data. Significant improvements in quality
of life between the two groups, as measured by the Nottingham Health ProfIle, were
seen in energy (p<0.00I), pain (p<0.006), emotional reaction (p<0.0000I), sleep
(p