Effectiveness of individualized health education on knowledge about home care management among patients after CABG: A randomized controlled study

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) one of the non - communicable diseases, has become a major public health problem in the developing countries. CAD in India is showing an increasing trend. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery improves quality of life of the CAD patients and help them to return to the normal life, the early recovery period presents a number of challenges for patients, carers and nurses. Early and adequate discharge planning based on in- depth knowledge of the post discharge experience will help to ensure optimal recovery. It was a true experimental study, a randomized trial was done among 50 patients who have undergone. CABG, 25 each in control group and experimental group (who have got individualized health education). Both groups were given pretest on the day of admission and post-test on the day of discharge. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of the patients. The data were analysed using Epi info. This study revealed that knowledge score has increased in the experimental group compared to the control group and there is a statistically significant difference in the mean knowledge of the experimental and control groups (p =0.006). The study concluded that individualized health education is an appropriate method for imparting health education on home care to the patients after CABG prior to discharge from the hospital.