The Effect of Cardiac Educational Program on Level of Knowledge and Satisfaction Among Coronary Artery Disease Patients in North of Jordan

The Effect of Cardiac Educational Program on Level of Knowledge and Satisfaction Among Coronary Artery Disease Patients in North of Jordan

Background: Although patients' education programs improve health-related knowledge that promote individual capacity to understand basic health information, there is a scarcity in the studies that address cardiac educational programs for patients with coronary artery diseases in Jordan and their impact on patients' health outcomes.

Aim: the aims of this study are to assess the level of knowledge and satisfaction of patients with coronary artery disease and to evaluate the effect of implementing a cardiac educational program on patient's level of knowledge and satisfaction.

Methods: This study will be carried out using a true experimental two groups pre and post- test. The necessary information will be collected from 138 patients with CAD in the north of Jordan using the Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADE-Q) and the Patient Satisfaction Scale (PSS).

The expected outcomes include establishing foundational knowledge about the effectiveness of cardiac educational program on patient health related out comes. Evidence on the effect of cardiac educational program will help patients to recover from a heart attacks, prevent future heart problems, hospital stays and death related to heart problems as well as making a necessary life style changes.

Keywords: coronary artery disease, educational program, patient satisfaction, patient knowledge.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. mentally competent since cognitive impairment negatively affects the comprehension of the cardiac educational program content
2. able to communicate verbally
3. able to read and write Arabic language
4. more than 18 years
5. stable and the previous attack not less than 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criterion included patients with life- threatening comorbidities like (heart failure (HF), Valve Diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), patients with Pacemaker or Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), and any type of chronic cardiac arrythmias.