Mansoureh Fathani; Monavvar Afzal Aghaee; Mosareza Tadayyon far
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 893-902
Abstract
Background& Objectives:Heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease, which causes serious challenges for patients and affects on the quality of their life. Education based on self-care needs results in their success on the self-care and positive impact on the quality of their life. This study ...
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Background& Objectives:Heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease, which causes serious challenges for patients and affects on the quality of their life. Education based on self-care needs results in their success on the self-care and positive impact on the quality of their life. This study was conducted to assess the effect of a self-care needs - based educational program on the quality of life in heart failure patients. Materials & Methods: Inthis experimental study, 120 patients with heart failure in Ghaem cardiac hospital of Mashhad in 2014 randomly selected and divided into two groups: control (n= 60) and intervention groups(n= 60).In intervention group training program based on self-care needs was performed, and thedata were collected using the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire at baseline and one month after the intervention, which was completed by both groups. To analyze the obtained data, the software spss (version=16) and statistical tests (Chi-Square, Mann WhitneyU, Independent T-Test,Paired T-Test and Wilcoxon) were used at 95 confidence interval percent. Results:The results showed that there wasn't any statistical significant difference in the mean score of quality of life between the two groups before the intervention. But after the intervention the values of mean and standard deviation of quality of life were obtained 63.62±3.93 and 72.62±3.51, respectively for control and intervention groups, andthere was a significant difference between the two groups, which indicated by statistical test of independent T-Test(p<0/001). Conclusions:Self careneeds-based training can improvethe quality of lifeof patients withheart failure.