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Abstract
Coronary artery disease is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular
diseases. Promotion of cardiac self-efficacy after coronary artery disease
event is the outcome that plays a pivotal role in increasing rehabilitation
skills to modify healthy behaviors. Having desirable illness perception
may have promoted this capability. The aim of this study was to evaluate
the effect of an educational program on Patients with coronary artery
diseases self efficacy through: 1) Assessment of patients` self efficacy.
2) Developing and implementing an educational program according to
patients’ needs. 3) Evaluate the effect of an educational program on
patient`s outcomes regarding their self efficacy. Four tools were used in
this study; Patient structured interview questionnaire. Cardiac self
efficacy scale. The somatic health complaints questionnaire (SHCQ)
and beck anxiety inventory. This study was conducted at cardiology
unit & CCU and outpatient unit at Ain shams university hospitals. A
purposive sample of (104) adult patients diagnosed with CAD, was
selected and equally divided into study & control group, (52) patients for
each one. The finding of this study revealed that: Mean age of study and
control group subjects were (54.71 ±10.42) and (54.21±8.01)
respectively. Majority of study group had satisfactory level of
knowledge, high cardiac exercise self-efficiency, Very low anxiety,
while no one of them complaining of fatigue, pain, breathlessness and
unrest often and all times post and follow up program implementation.
The study concluded that, there was highly statistically significant
improvement regarding the mean scores of total knowledge, cardiac self
efficacy, cardiac exercise self efficacy, SHCQ and anxiety for the study
group post and follow up implementation of the educational program. As
compared with control group there was no statistical significant relation
between mean scores of total knowledge, cardiac exercise self efficacy.
This study recommended that, Promotion and enhancement of the selfcare
modalities to the patient; a strict written instruction with pictures
about disease process, allowed foods , rest and physical activities and
follow up should be continued after termination of the treatment through
a rehabilitation program.
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Key words: Coronary artery disease, Educational program, Cardiac self
efficacy.