Effect Of Learning Program On Patients With Angina Attack Regarding Preventive Measures Of Angina Attack

Angina is the single most common etiology of death globally.
However, with falling angina
mortality rates, an increasing number of individuals accept angina and should need support to manage
angina and may need support to manage their symptoms and improve prognosis. Angina usually goes
away quickly. Still, it is often an indication of a life-threatening heart problem. It's important to search
out out what is going on and what patient will do to avoid an attack. the preventive measures about
angina attack and changes in patients’ lifestyles can control angina and its complications. So the study
was aimed to evaluate the effect of learning programs on patients with angina attacks regarding
preventive measures of angina attacks. Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: The
study was applied in 4 general hospitals in Port Said city. Subjects: This study was covered 111
patients recording in the cardiac department in El-Tadamon Hospital, Al- Nasr Hospital, Al- Amery
Hospital, Almabra Hospital, and Porfoud Hospital at Port Said city. One tool used for data collection;
"Structured questionnaire sheet" which consists of thirty-one questions concerning socio-demographic
characteristics, angina attack, and preventive measures of an angina attack. Results: This study
indicated that there are statistically significant improvements at p-value (0.001) immediately after
program implementation regarding patients’ knowledge about preventive measures of an angina attack.
Moreover, it was also found a statistically significant relationship between patients’ knowledge and
total scores of their knowledge. There are statistically significant associations between the changes in
the scores of either knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics (age, and duration of disease)
while there are no statistically significant associations between their knowledge and educational
level. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results of the present study that the learning program
for the patients with angina attacks had a positive impact on their knowledge concerning preventive
measures of an angina attack. Recommendations: development and implementation of continuous
learning program about preventive measures of angina attack in all cardiac outpatients of all health care
centers at port said city.