نوع المشرف

مشرف رئيسي

تاريخ الاشراف على الرسالة من

2021

الى

2022

اسم الطالب

اسماء غازي سليمان الفريجات

ملخص الرسالة

Background: Coronary artery diseases are increasingly prevalent in Jordan and worldwide. Patients widely undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), an open-hart surgical procedure, for the restoration of healthy cardiac function, but this procedure can be a challenge physically and mentally. Educational programs are developed to help patients overcome these challenges. Purpose: The study aims to assess both knowledge, and quality of life (QoL) of coronary artery disease(CAD) patients’ before and after a cardiac educational program and one month after CABG surgery, as well as determine their association with socio-demographic and health-related characteristics. Methodology: This study employed a pre-and-post one-group quasi-experimental design that was conducted for the period March 2022 to May 2022. A non-probability convenience sample of 50 adult coronary artery disease patients who had undergone CABG surgery in a public/teaching hospital in Jordan was recruited. The participants were tested for knowledge regarding their illness, using Auxilia’s 2018-structured instrument, before and after attending a cardiac educational program., and were assessed for their QoL health indicators, using the SF-36 instrument, before attending the same educational program and one month after undergoing CABG surgery. Results: The mean knowledge score increased significantly after attending the program (p = .000). All QoL domain scores have also significantly improved after attending the program (p < 0.05), except for pain. Before attending the program, there were significant differences between participants’ knowledge scores based on age, educational level, and marital status (p < 0.05)., these significant differences disappeared after the program. In addition, participants significantly varied in some of the QoL domain scores based on age, educational level, occupation, and marital status (p < 0.05)., most of these significant differences disappeared after the program. Conclusion: Coronary artery disease patients have generally low levels of knowledge of their illness and QoL. The implementation of a cardiac educational program improves patients’ knowledge of their illness and enhances their QoL. Therefore, the adoption of such a program is recommended.