The effect of post-discharge education on the quality of life and anxiety of patients after coronary angiography

The effect of post-discharge education on the quality of life and anxiety of patients after coronary angiography

Clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, Single blinded, randomized on 90 patients. Sealed Envelope software will be used for randomization.

This study will be conducted on cardiac patients who are candidates for coronary angiography in Amir al-Momenin Hospital in Arak. First, the level of anxiety and quality of life of the patient is measured using valid questionnaires. In the intervention group, the necessary training is given to the patient in the form of a podcast, but in the control group, no training is given. The training will continue for 40 days. After that, their anxiety and quality of life will be measured again. Then, the level of anxiety and the quality of life of the two groups are compared.

Inclusion criteria: Be literate, Be able to use the WhatsApp social network؛ Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to participate in the study, Patients with mental disorder and depression, Bereavement experience in the last 6 months, Having a history of angiography

Intervention group includes patients with heart disease who have undergone angiography, who receive the necessary training for post-angiography care, such as care of the catheter insertion area, how to open the dressing, and how to receive medications. At first, two questionnaires are used to check the quality of life of heart patients and Spiel Berger's anxiety, which are completed by the patients before and after the study. Finally, the changes of two main variables will be examined. Control group includes patients with heart disease who have undergone angiography, who do not receive any intervention and only fill out questionnaires.

Quality of life and anxiety level

Patients are assigned to groups in the order of arrival and based on the randomization sequence that will be generated in advance. This sequence is unpredictable and does not have a specific pattern, and its arrangement is completely random. To assign the samples to two groups, the block randomization method will be used with a block size of 4, so that by using the random number generation software in the block method, the randomization sequence will be produced according to the required sample size for the two groups. First, all the states where two letters A and B can be arranged together in a block of 2 are created, and a block is randomly selected by placing it between the blocks, and from the arrangement pattern in that block for patient allocation is used then this block will be placed in the main container and another block will be selected again. All this will be done with software called Sealed Envelope. With this method, concealment will also be observed. The concept of concealment is to unpredictably assign individuals to groups that the researcher will not be able to predict which group the next person will be in.

The data analyzer will not know how the samples are placed in the intervention and control groups. Other people in the study will be aware of this placement.

Only the part of the data related to the original outcome will be able to be shared.

Since the spring of 2023

Researchers and students in this field

In situations where it is necessary to know the information required by heart patients after angiography, so that the treatment is completed correctly and the patient does not get worried and anxious knowing this information.

Vice chancellor for education and research, Arak university of medical sciences. E-mail of the Vice-Chancellor: sajadimahbobeh@yahoo.com

These documents will be available on the website of Arak university of medical sciences.