Abstract

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation is a process where there is a multidisciplinary team of health professionals involved in encouraging and supporting patients with heart disease after cardiac events to obtain the treatment in achieving and maintaining a healthy heart by optimizing the status of patients’ physical, psychological, social and vocational wellbeing.3 Aim of the study: The present study was attempted to assess the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding cardiac rehabilitation following coronary angioplasty among post myocardial infarction patients attending cardiac outpatient department in selected hospital at Bangalore. Methods: It is a pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design which was commence on 60 post myocardial infarction patients attending cardiac outpatient department by means of non-probability convenient sampling technique and knowledge is assessed by the use of structured knowledge questionnaire. The data collected was subjected to analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequencies, percentage and inferential statistics like‘t’ test, and chi- square test for association. Ethical Consideration: After obtaining a formal permission from the medical officer, Raja Rajeshwari hospital, the main study was conducted according to the availability of the post myocardial infarction patients attending cardiac outpatient department. The subject was assumed the anonymity and confidentiality of the information provided by them. Results: Knowledge score of post Myocardial Infarction patients is 52(87%) in inadequate knowledge level in pretest and 54(90%) in post-test in adequate knowledge level group after Structure teaching programme. Paired ‘t’ value of knowledge was 34.87 which is greater than the table value 1.6711 at 0.05 of significant. Conclusion: Hence assessing the knowledge of post myocardial infarction patients regarding cardiac rehabilitation following coronary angioplasty are important to identify the risk factors, complication and also structure teaching programme can be effective in improving the knowledge regarding cardiac rehabilitation following coronary angioplasty among post myocardial infarction patients attending cardiac outpatient department.

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