Effectiveness of an Instructional program on patients’ knowledge about exercises to prevent coronary artery disease progression after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Abstract

Pre-experimental design (one group pretest-posttest) A non-probability (purposive) sample of 35patients who have coronary artery disease and are being treated with percutaneous coronary intervention to manage coronary artery occlusions. The study started from November 2021 to May 2022.The data was collected using sociodemographic, the clinical characteristics of the client, and the Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire Short Version (CADE-SV), and lifestyle compliance items after PCI: Physical activity. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software version 26. The study result revealed that the majority of CAD patients are males with age 48 and above, married, secondary school graduates, and housewives. More than half of the study sample had risk factors for coronary artery disease, except for the patient's own smoking. Patients with coronary artery disease had a low degree of knowledge about healthy lifestyles before beginning the program, and significant improvement in patients’ knowledge regarding healthy lifestyles after giving the program also presented a significant difference in all items about physical activity for patients with percutaneous coronary intervention. The finding presented that there were significant differences in post-test knowledge of all items about physical activity for patients with percutaneous coronary intervention after completing the program. There is a need to instruct patients following PCI by offeringpamphlets, books, and brochures about healthy lifestyle aspects (especially exercise). Conducting a relatively large nursing health education program for patients after PCI to see how the program affects patients' understanding of healthy lifestyles. Also, suggest that all CHD patients have a full understanding and practice of exercise.