Application of cardiac rehabilitation program based Omaha system in post percutaneous coronary intervention patients

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of the cardiac rehabilitation program based Omaha system on patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) . Methods A convenient sampling method was used to select 127 patients from the Department of Cardiology of Wuxi Second People's Hospital from October 2017 to April 2018. According to the patient's hospitalization number, they were randomly divided into two groups, including 64 in the experimental group and 63 in the control group. During the intervention, 2 patients were lost in the experimental group and 1 patient was lost in the control group. There were 62 patients in each group to complete the study. Patients in the control group received routine care, while patients in the experimental group received cardiac rehabilitation based on the Omaha system. The effect of the intervention was measured by 6 min exercise test, secondary prevention knowledge and behavior questionnaire for post-PCI patients. Results After the intervention, The 6-minute exercise distance was (439.28±67.94) m in the experimental group, and it was (315.62±45.18) m in the control group. The exercise endurance of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (t=11.934, P<0.01) . The secondary prevention knowledge and behavior scores of the experimental group were (87.21±12.46) and (84.27±14.58) , which were higher than those of the control group (71.30±8.12) and (65.94±8.97) . The differences were statistically significant (t=8.423, 8.431; P <0.01) . Conclusions Cardiac rehabilitation programs based Omaha system can improve exercise endurance and secondary prevention behaviors of patients after PCI and its application should be promoted. Key words: Heart; Rehabilitation; Omaha system; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Exercise endurance; Secondary prevention