The Effect of Educational Program on the Quality of Life and Self-Efficacy of the Mothers of the Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: congenital heart disease causes large expenditures as well as mental pressures for theparents and, consequently, endangers the mothers’ quality of life and self efficacy. thus, the presentstudy aimed to determine the effect of educational program on the quality of life and self efficacy ofthe mothers of the infants with congenital heart disease.methods: the present randomized controlled trial was conducted on 56 mothers who had childrenwith congenital heart disease (28 in the control and 28 in the intervention group) in imam rezaclinic, shiraz, iran in 2012. the mothers’ quality of life and self-efficacy were assessed using sf-36and sherer’s general self efficacy questionnaires before, immediately and 2 months after the training.the training was performed through four 90-minute sessions in 4 weeks. the data were analyzedusing the spss statistical software and independent t-test, chi-square, and repeated measure analysisof variance.results: a significant differences was observed between the intervention and control groupsregarding the mean of quality of life across the three study periods (f=59.91, p < 0.0001). a significantdifference was also found between the two groups concerning the mean of self efficacy at thesetimes (f=114.11, p < 0.0001).conclusion: according to the results, providing appropriate training for the mothers of the infantswith congenital heart disease increased their quality of life as well as self-efficacy.