Effectiveness of an Instructional Program on Knowledge for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Toward Self-Care Management at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Al-Nasiriyah City Khadyer Ahmed Yassein1,*, Hassan Hakeem a Shaker2 1Adult Nursing Department, Higher Health Institute in Thiqar, Iraq 2Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Bagdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Ahmed Yassein Khadyer. Adult Nursing Department, Higher Health Institute in Thiqar, Iraq; E-mail: ahmyas70@gmail.com
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract The main aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an instructional program on the knowledge of patients with COPD regarding self-care management. The program and instruments are constructed and developed by the researcher to measure the purpose of the study. A quasi experimental study design was carried out at AL-Hussein Teaching Hospital in AL-Nasiriyah City from 20th December, 2018 to the 2nd June, 2019. A non-probability (purposive) sample was selected consecutively from (60) patients with COPD follow up thoracic clinic at AL-Hussein Teaching Hospital as scheduled by the specialized physicians to control their Condition and to prevent exacerbations, therefore all patients with COPD visit thoracic clinic one time weekly. The results of the study show that the effectiveness of instructional program regarding COPD patients’ knowledge concerning self-care management is positive, and also Shows that there are highly significant differences between pre and posttest in the study group related to the patient's knowledge concerning self-care, the dependent variable post-test knowledge reveals that overall ANCOVA model is significant (p = 0.001) for the study group but unrelated to any of the demographic variables (age, gender and level of education). Top Keywords Effectiveness, instructional program, COPD patients, knowledge, self-care management. Top |