EFFECT OF A HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY

Quality of life has emerged as an important concept and outcome in health and health care.this study was performed to evaluate the ability of the health education program to improve quality oflife of patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). in pre operation period, 70 patientswere randomized in two groups, experimental and control group (35 patients in each). the demographicinformation, sf-36 and nottingham health profile questionnaire were administered before surgery toall patients. patients in the experimental group received the educational intervention according tomico’s education planning model. these patients were followed up to 1-month. at result, sf-36,nottingham health profile questionnaires were administered 1-month after education by patients again.significant improvements in quality of life between two groups, as measured by the nottingham healthprofile, were seen in energy (p < 0.001), pain (p < 0.006), emotional reaction (p < 0.00001), sleep (p <0.01), physical mobility (p < 0.00001) and total average quality of life (p < 0.00001). significantimprovements in quality of life between two groups, as measured by the sf-36, were seen in physicalfunction (p < 0.00001), role limitations resulting from emotional status (p < 0.007), role limitationsresulting from physical status (p < 0.05), mental health (p < 0.03), vitality (p < 0.02) and total averagequality of life (p < 0.02). the findings demonstrate that health education result is improved quality oflife for patients with cabg.