THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON THE STRESS LEVELS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

Objectives: to investigate the effect of education on the stress levels associated with coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery in the week after cabg surgery. methodology: the study used a quasi-experimental design. patients were selected through convenience sampling at a university hospital in turkey. there were 60 patients in the study; 30 in the experimental group and another 30 in the control group. data were collected using the stressors scale associated with cabg on the third day of the post-operative period. results: cronbach’s alpha of the scale was 0.89. alpha coefficients ranged from 0.82 to 0.79.the difference between the score averages of the experimental and control group was p= 0.002 for the illness-related subscale, p=0.031 for the hospital-related subscale, and p= 0.006 in total. conclusion: education was effective for reduction of stress associated with cabg surgery.