ABSTRACT
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery has become established as a powerful therapy for prolonging survival and improving the quality of life of certain subsets of patients with coronary artery disease. Patient education is a vital component of cardiac rehabilitation. It aims to improve quality of life, ensure continuity of care and promote adherence to health care treatment plans. Aim of the study was of there folds, designing, implementing a teaching program and evaluating its effects on the quality of life of patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A quasi-experimental research design. The research was conducted at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital. Sixty patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patients were divided into two equal groups [the study and control group]. The study group was exposed to the designed patient teaching program and quality of life index scale was measured for both group, pre, immediate postoperative and three months after operation. The study group patients demonstrated total improvement in their quality of life index score [183.5 +/- 68.5] preoperatively to [243.5 +/- 68.3] three months after operative. A highly significant difference was documented between study group quality of life index score [243.5 +/- 68.3] versus [201.4 +/- 54.1] for the control group subjects three months after operative. The patients who participated in the teaching program demonstrated an improvement in their cognition, and practices of self-care and quality of life index score compared with the control group. A further research is recommended to study the effect of patient education program on the cost effectiveness, decreasing hospital readmissions and hospital stays, improving the personal quality of life and minimizes complications of illness and therapies