Key result
A cardiac educational program significantly improved mean knowledge scores (change of 10.50, p < .01) and adherence to healthy lifestyle scores (change of 33.30, p < .01) at 1 month in CAD patients.
Why the study?
Does a cardiac educational program improve knowledge and adherence to a healthy lifestyle in patients with coronary artery disease?
Does a cardiac educational program improve knowledge and adherence to a healthy lifestyle in patients with coronary artery disease?
Effect estimate: mean change 10.50 (knowledge) and 33.30 (adherence)
p-value: p=< .01
Implementing a cardiac educational program significantly enhances short-term knowledge and adherence to a healthy lifestyle in patients with coronary artery disease.
May support cardiac education programs in CAD; hypothesis-generating for randomized trials on durability.
The purpose of this study was to test the effect of cardiac educational program on the level of knowledge and adherence to healthy lifestyle among patients with coronary artery disease in the north of Jordan. Pretest-posttest design was used. Eighty-four patients completed the posttest questionnaire. Knowledge and adherence to healthy lifestyle were measured at baseline and at 1 month after the application of the program. Paired t-test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the change in the mean knowledge scores (10.50), p < .01 was statistically significant 1 month after the application of the program. In addition, the change in the mean adherence to healthy lifestyle scores (33.30), p < .01 was statistically significant 1 month after the application of the cardiac educational program. Implementing cardiac educational programs help enhance knowledge and adherence to healthy lifestyle among patients with coronary artery disease in north of Jordan.
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Tawalbeh et al. (2013) studied coronary artery disease (n=84). Cardiac educational program vs. Baseline (pretest) was evaluated on Level of knowledge and adherence to healthy lifestyle (mean change 10.50 (knowledge) and 33.30 (adherence), p=< .01). A cardiac educational program significantly improved mean knowledge scores (change of 10.50, p < .01) and adherence to healthy lifestyle scores (change of 33.30, p < .01) at 1 month in CAD patients.
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