Education Program for Cardiac Patients

Educational Program With Telephone Follow-up for Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Randomized Controlled Trial

The purpose of this study is to elaborate an educative program that includes telephone follow-up and assess its impact on the perceived health status of patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (18 years or more) of both sexes
• Being submitted to the first coronary artery bypass graft surgery between April 2011 and July 2012
• Having a properly functioning residential phone line

Exclusion Criteria:

• No cognitive condition to participate (assessed through the Mini-Mental State Examination - MMSE)

  • Illiterate participants who did not reach the minimum score 13 on the MMSE
  • Participants with one to seven years of education who did not reach the minimum score 18 on the MMSE
  • Participants with eight or more years of education who did not reach the minimum of 26 points on the MMSE