Effect of Nursing Teaching Program on Awareness and Adherence among Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Disease. | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017, Page 195-207 PDF (327.26 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.47307 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nermeen Mahmoud Abd Elaziz1; Soheir Mustafa Kasem2; Sahra Zaki Azer3 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Adult Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major health care problem not only for patients but for their family and also for society, as it significantly contributes to the large costs associated with the care of CHF patients (Ghali,et al. 2016). Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing teaching program on awareness and adherence among patients with chronic heart failure. Setting: the study was carried out in the internal medicine departments and cardiac outpatient clinics at Assiut University Hospital. Samples: Total coverage sample of older adult patient include (100 patients), from both sex their age ranged from (55-75) year. Tools: three tools were used for data collection of this study; patient interviewing sheet, Atlanta heart failure knowledge test (Carolyn et al., 2009), and Adherence questionnaire. Results: the age range (60-75) year, mean age was (65.5+5.3), 51.0 % were male and more than two third of them (65.0%) from urban areas. Also, more than three-quarter of them (77.0 %) was married and the majority of them (80.0 %) were not worked. There is a highly statistically significant difference between pre & posttest as regarding awareness and adherence for patients. Conclusion: the nursing teaching program was effective on awareness and adherence for patients. Recommendations: The further studies to improve awareness and adherence for all ages of patients with chronic heart failure to prevent complication. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| adherence; Awareness; chronic heart failure; Nursing Teaching Program | ||||
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