THE EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION BASED ON SELF-CARE BEHAVIORS ON SELF-EFFICACY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY IN SEYYED-AL-SHOHADA HOSPITAL IN URMIA: 2018-2019

Nowadays, implementing the interventions to improve self-care behaviors of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients is considered more than ever. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of implementingeducational intervention based on self-care behaviors on self-efficacy in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients in Seyyed-Al-Shohada Hospital in Urmia.

In this semi-experimental study, 56 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery who were eligible for inclusion in the study, were randomly divided into two groups: educational intervention (based on self-care behaviors, n=28) and control (routine care, n=28). The researcher taught self-care behaviors during eight sessions of 30 minutes every other day, and provided an educational pamphlet during discharge for them. The control group only received the routine care. Data collection tools included the Demographic characteristics and Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale. The data were analyzed using SPSS v. 20. The chi-square, independent t, and paired t-test were utilized.

The mean score of self-efficacy before implementing educational intervention based on self-care behaviors was 126.70 ± 40.13 and 120.88 ± 10.33 in the intervention group and control group, respectively, and no statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups (p=0.221). But after implementing educational intervention based on self-care behaviors, the mean score of self-efficacy in the intervention group (175/07 ± 42/49) was significantly higher than the control group (130/44 ± 9/65), (p<0.001).

According to the findings of this study, implementing educational intervention based on self-care behaviors can help improve the self-efficacy of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.