Effect of Educational Guidelines on Cardiac Self Efficacy, Health Complaints and Anxiety Level among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases. Promotion ofcardiac self-efficacy after a cardiovascular event is the outcome that plays a pivotal role inincreasing rehabilitation skills to modify healthy behaviors. Aim of this study: was to evaluatethe effect of educational guidelines on level of knowledge, self efficacy, health complaint,anxiety level of patients with coronary artery diseases. Four tools were used in this study;Patient structured interview questionnaire. Self efficacy scale. The somatic health complaintsquestionnaire (SHCQ) and Beck Anxiety Inventory. This study was conducted at cardiologyunit & CCU at Ain shams university hospitals. A Purposive sample of (104) adult patientsdiagnosed with CAD, was selected and equally divided into study & control group, (52) patientsfor each one. The finding of this study revealed that there were highly statistically significantdifferences between study and control group regarding total mean scores of knowledge, selfefficacy symptoms, all dimensions of health complaints and anxiety level scores (p >0.001) atpost and follow up guidelines intervention phases. The study concluded that, there was highlystatistically significant improvement regarding the total post and follow up test satisfactoryscores of knowledge, cardiac self efficacy, and cardiac exercise self efficacy, somatic healthcomplaints and anxiety level for the study group subjects after implementation of theeducational guidelines. This study recommended Provision of study educational guidelines inall health care settings providing services to CAD patients particularly address the patients withlow educational attainments.