Heart disease, now what? Improving quality of life through education

Lisa Gomes; Cristina Liébana-Presa; Beatriz Araújo; Fátima Marques; Elena Fernández-Martínez

doi:10.3390/ijerph18063077

Heart disease, now what? Improving quality of life through education

Lisa Gomes
, Cristina Liébana-Presa^*
, Beatriz Araújo
, Fátima Marques
, Elena Fernández-Martínez

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Introduction: The management of chronic illness assumes a level of demand for permanent care and reaches a priority dimension in the health context. Given the importance of nursing care to post-acute coronary syndrome patients, the objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention program on quality of life in patients after acute coronary syndrome. Method: Quasi-experimental study with two groups: an experimental group exposed to the educational intervention program and the control group without exposure to the educational intervention program. Results: The results showed statistically significant differences between both groups (p < 0.001). Although only valid for the specific group of subjects studied, the educational intervention program enabled significant gains in quality of life. Conclusions: According to the findings of the study, a systematized and structured educational program, integrated into the care organization and based on transition processes, is effective in developing self-care skills and improves the quality of life in patients after acute coronary syndrome.

Original language	English
Article number	3077
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063077
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2021

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation
Coronary disease
Health education
Quality of life
Self-care

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