Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 83, Issue 1, April 2021, Page 940-948 PDF (438.98 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.158085 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hend I.M. Abd Elaty1; Soheir Mostafa Eweda1; Thoraya Mohamed Abdel Aziz1; Samia Mohamed Hafez1; Mohamed Ibrahim Sanhoury2 | ||||
| 1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing - Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF) prompt discharge nursing planning is aimed to expand knowledge concerning CHF, promote self-care practices, improve clinical outcomes and minimize readmission. Objective: Determination of the effect of implementing discharge plan on health outcomes of the adult CHF patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at the Inpatient Cardiology Department, Alexandria Main University Hospital and its affiliated Outpatient Cardiac Clinic. A convenience sample of seventy hospitalized CHF patients, who were sequentially divided into 2 equal groups; control group: exposed to routine hospital care and study group: received the discharge plan. Four tools were used; Tool I: Congestive Heart Failure Patients’ Nursing Assessment, Tool II: Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge Test, Tool III: Congestive Heart Failure Health Outcome Indicators and Tool IV: Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Results: There was significant difference between the two studied groups in relation to overall CHF knowledge mean scores after implementing the discharge plan. A statistical significant difference was noticed between the studied group’s patients in relation to overall mean scores of self-care maintenance scale, self-care management scale, and self-care confidence scale. Conclusion: Implementing the developed discharge plan has significantly improved the overall knowledge, self- care practice confidence of adult CHF patients. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Self-Care practice; Health outcomes; Knowledge; Discharge plan; Heart failure; Cardiology nursing | ||||
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