Effectiveness of an Education Program on Dietary Regimen of Patients with Myocardial Infarction in Al Nasiriyah Hospitals Khasal Qasim Ali1,*, Atiyah Hussein Hadi.1 1Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Thiqar, Iraq *Corresponding author: Qasim Ali Khasal. Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Thiqar, Iraq; E-mail: qasem9361@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and there is a rising global burden. A quasi experimental study design is carried out at AL-Hussein Teaching Hospital and An Nasiriyah Heart Center in AL-Nasiriyah City, from February, 2018through, November, 2018. A non-probability (Purposive sample) of (100) patients diagnosed with myocardial infarction divided into two group (50) patients as control group and (50) patients as study group. The data were collected through the use of questionnaire designed by researcher, which comprised of (2) parts: Part I: related to the Socio-demographic characteristics and Part II: Assessment of compliance toward dietary, by direct interview technique with the patients. Reliability of the questionnaire is determined through a pilot study and the validity through a panel of experts. The descriptive and inferential statistical procedures were used for analysis of data. Findings of the present study indicated that the education program recorded positive and meaningful results in improving patients’ compliance with dietary regimen. The results also showed that there was a non-significant relationship between socio-demographic characteristics variables and patient's compliance with dietary regimen for study in pretest stage and posttest of study group by P value < 0.05. Top Keywords Effectiveness, Education Program, Patients, Compliance, Dietary Regimen. Top |