Effect of "sexual educational package in discharge planning" on sexual knowledge and quality of life in post coronary artery bypass grafting or coronary angioplasty patients

Sexual problems are common in cardiac patients. While several methods were introduced as treatment, but this problems have negative impact on quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate effect of sexual education during the discharge plan of hospital on sexual knowledge and sexual quality of life in post CABG or PTCA patients in Kashan Shahid Behashti hospital (2018).

 Study was done as clinical randomized trial. In the case group, patients were educated based on nursing cardiac references (sexual problems section) and in the control group, routine educations during discharge were done. Sexual knowledge scale of Yi-Hung (SKS) and sexual quality of life of Abraham (SQOL) was measured before and 2 months after discharge. After obtaining consent, we randomly assigned 71 patients into the ‘Educated group’ (n=34) and the ‘control group’ (n=37). Both groups were matched in term of age, sex, underlying disease, and the previous treatment method. Collected data were compiled with SPSS-16 and analysis was performed on them.

Results showed the sexual knowledge mean and sexual quality of life mean increased significantly at discharge and two months thereafter (P=0.001 and P=0.01, respectively).

Sexual education in the discharge plan is significantly effective in improving the sexual knowledge and sexual quality of life in patients after CABG or PTCA beyond the usual cardiac rehabilitation. Therefore, sexual education can help with cardiac rehabilitation.