The effect of follow-up care by telephone and short massage services on patient's quality of life after cardiac valve replacement surgery

Humanity always think about creation of new and low cost cultures. The aim of this study is comparing the effect of follow-up care by telephone and short massage services on patient’s quality of life after cardiac valve replacement surgery. This clinical trial study was done on patients admitted for valve replacement surgery in Tehran selected hospitals in 2011.99 samples selected with based on target method and distributed according to random allocation method to telephone follow-up, short message services follow-up and control groups. In this study patient’s quality of life assessed by Nottingham quality of life questionnaire before and 3 months after surgery. The mean scores of aspects of life quality in telephone follow-up, short message services follow-up and control groups decreased after intervention (that shows the better quality of life) but Anova test did not show significant difference between the mean scores of aspects of life quality in the groups before and after intervention. There was no significant difference between follow-up care by telephone and short massage services on patients’ quality of life after cardiac valve replacement surgery. We hope to see more usage of easy and low cost follow up care methods in cardiac care centers.