The Effect of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program on Health Status of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Background: The chronic disease self-management program is among the most important methods for promoting self-care. Objectives: This study was done to evaluate the effects of this program on patients’ health status after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patients and Methods: This one-group pretest-posttest clinical trial was conducted in 2013 on 46 patients, who had recently undergone a coronary artery bypass graft surgery and had been referred to the cardiac rehabilitation center of Imam Ali (PBUH) Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran. The participants were recruited conveniently and were educated based on the chronic disease self-management program. The data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the health status questionnaire and were analyzed through conducting the Chisquare test using the SPSS software (v.21.0). Results: The chronic disease self-management program had significant effects on the participants’ general health, daily activities and pain (P < 0.001) but did not significantly affect their overall health status, energy or fatigue, feeling of well-being and social functioning. Conclusions: The chronic disease self-management program significantly affects various health-related parameters. It is an inexpensive non-invasive intervention, which complements conventional medical treatments and thus, can be used by rehabilitation centers.