April 17, 2022Nursing OpenOpen Access

Effects of intervention on lifestyle changes among coronary artery disease patients: A 6‐month follow‐up study

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Why the study?

To investigate the effects of a nurse-led lifestyle-related risk factor modification intervention on multiple lifestyle behaviours among coronary artery disease patients over six months.

Does a nurse-led lifestyle counselling intervention improve multiple lifestyle behaviors in patients with coronary artery disease?

Population

224 eligible patients with coronary artery disease in Nepal

Comparison

Nurse-led lifestyle intervention vs usual care

Design

Single-centre randomized pre-test post-test control group study

Follow-up

6 months

Authors

PGPramila GaudelUniversity of Helsinki SNSubas NeupaneTampere University AKAnna‐Maija KoivistoTampere University

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Implication

May support brief nurse-led counseling for CAD lifestyle changes in low-resource settings; hypothesis-generating pending larger trials.

Structured PICO

Does a nurse-led lifestyle counselling intervention improve multiple lifestyle behaviors in patients with coronary artery disease?

Population

224 adults (aged >18 years) with physician-diagnosed coronary artery disease (CAD) admitted to a national heart centre in Nepal. Mean age 60.0 years, 77% male.

Intervention

Nurse-led lifestyle intervention consisting of a brief group counselling session (3-5 patients and family members, approx 45 minutes) followed by individual counselling to set lifestyle goals, supplemented with informational leaflets, delivered on the day of hospital discharge.

Comparator

Usual care and a short session of unstructured counselling for lifestyle modification.

Outcome

Changes in multiple lifestyle behaviours including diet, physical activity, adherence to medication, perceived stress, body mass index (BMI), smoking, and alcohol consumption at 6-month follow-up.patient reported

A brief, nurse-led lifestyle counseling session at hospital discharge significantly improves diet, physical activity, medication adherence, and perceived stress at 6 months in patients with coronary artery disease.

Cite This Study

Gaudel et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70a828ac440176ef2952c8 https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1212

Topics

Coronary artery disease

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Effects of intervention on lifestyle changes among coronary artery disease patients: A 6‐month follow‐up study

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Effects of intervention on lifestyle changes among coronary artery disease patients: A 6‐month follow‐up study

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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