Abstract

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is one of the most common interventional proceduresused worldwide to treat coronary artery disease. Despite patient expectations of the immediate benefits ofCABG, some symptoms persist for weeks after hospital discharge, compromising the ability to return to apre-surgery functional status.Objective: the study aims to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on lifestyle modification andclinical outcomes for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting’ surgery.Method: A quasi-experimental design was utilized for the study. A purposive sample of 60 patientsundergoing coronary artery bypass grafting’ surgery.Results: There were highly statistically significant differences between the control and the study groupsubjects regarding a satisfactory level of total knowledge post implementation the educational guidelinesat P value < 0.001,while there were highly statistically differences between the control and the study groupsubjects regarding the lifestyle behaviors post implementation of the educational guidelines at P< 0.001.Moreover there were statistically significant difference regarding total outcomes among control and studygroup subjects post educational guidelines.Conclusion: Implementation of the educational guidelines has highly significant positive effect on lifestylemodification and clinical outcomes for the studied patients undergoing CABG surgery

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