Disease Management for Coronary Artery Patients
Patient Empowerment, Coronary Artery Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Patient Empowerment focused on measuring Training, Disease Management, Nursing, Coronary Artery Disease, Compliance
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 and over,
- diagnosed with CAD for at least 2 months,
- no hearing and vision problem,
- no perception and expression deficiency,
- not diagnosed with any psychiatric disease,
- living in Kilis province,
- voluntary to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 under,
- diagnosed without CAD for at least 2 months,
- hearing and vision problem,
- perception and expression deficiency,
- diagnosed with any psychiatric disease,
- no living in Kilis province,
- no voluntary to participate in the study.
Sites / Locations
- Kilis 7 Aralık University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Active Comparator
Control
İntervention
The patients in the control group received only the standard care provided by the clinicians. After the collection of post-test data, the content of the training was also explained to these patients and the study was completed by giving them the training guide.
The training program was applied by the researcher who also work as an academic nurse. The contact information of the patients was obtained and the contact information of the researcher was also given to the patients. In order to consolidate the information given, the training guide was given to the patients in the intervention group. After the training, the patients in the intervention group were contacted again in the 2nd week by using face-to-face interview and in the 4th-8th and 12th weeks by phone calls. During these interviews, the questions of the patients, if any, were answered and the problems they faced regarding the disease management were tried to be solved. In the last interview, an appointment day was determined to meet face-to-face at home, workplaces or hospital according to the preferences of the patients.