Instruction Guidelines Regarding Self -Care Practices among Patients with Heart Valve Replacement | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 41, Volume 100, Issue 1, July 2025, Page 2809-2819 PDF (844.19 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2025.440259 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Instruction guidelines considers as a method that contributes to increasing knowledge which enhances self- care practices post- surgical valve replacement. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of educational program on patients' self- care practices post-surgical heart valve replacement. Subjects and methods: A quasi-experimental research was used. The study was conducted at Inpatient Clinic in Cardio Thoracic Unit and Outpatient Clinic at Beni-Suef University Hospital. A purposive sample of 80 adult patients admitted to Cardio Thoracic Department leveraging a structure interview questionnaire that included three parts demographic characteristics, clinical history and knowledge andpatients' self-care practices questionnaire post-surgical heart valve replacement surgery. Results: A highly significant difference were found among the studied patients regarding their total self- care practice post and follow-up/3 months of program compared to preprogram with (P value ≥ 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of the instruction guidelines has highly significant positive effect on total self-care practices for the patients undergoing heart valve replacement surgery, which support the study hypotheses. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Instruction guidelines; Heart valve replacement; Self-care practices; Patient’ education | ||||
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