Key result
An educational videotape combined with written instructions significantly improved knowledge at 1 month compared to written instructions alone in patients post-myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does an educational videotape plus written instructions improve knowledge, quality of life, anxiety, sexual satisfaction, and time to resumption of sexual activity in patients with myocardial infarction compared to written instructions alone?
RCT (n=115)
Does an educational videotape plus written instructions improve knowledge, quality of life, anxiety, sexual satisfaction, and time to resumption of sexual activity in patients with myocardial infarction compared to written instructions alone?
An educational videotape on return to sexual activity significantly improves patient knowledge at 1 month post-MI, providing an effective alternative method for post-MI education.
Videotape plus written instructions may speed post-MI sexual recovery; extends RCT evidence for multimedia counseling in cardiac rehab.
A two-group randomized clinical trial was used to test the hypothesis that patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who receive both written instructions and a videotape to view at home will have greater knowledge, better quality of life, less anxiety, greater sexual satisfaction, and will resume sexual activity more quickly than will those who receive written instructions alone. The participants, 115 patients diagnosed with an MI, were pretested in the hospital and followed at home at 1, 3, and 5 months. The intervention was an educational videotape on return to sexual activity. Significant improvements in knowledge were found for the experimental group at 1 month. The videotape intervention provides an alternative method for education to facilitate recovery post-MI.
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Steinke et al. (2004) conducted an RCT in Myocardial infarction (n=115). Educational videotape and written instructions vs. Written instructions alone was evaluated on Knowledge, quality of life, anxiety, sexual satisfaction, and time to resume sexual activity. An educational videotape combined with written instructions significantly improved knowledge at 1 month compared to written instructions alone in patients post-myocardial infarction.
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