Knowledge and Perceived Health Benefits of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Introduction: The determination of the knowledge and perceived health benefits of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) from the patient’s view of understanding helps to develop a holistic approach to health care. Aim: The study aimed to assess the knowledge and perceived health...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2018-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12313/37378_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(PS_SHU)_PN(P).pdf |
Summary: | Introduction: The determination of the knowledge and perceived
health benefits of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary
Angioplasty (PTCA) from the patient’s view of understanding
helps to develop a holistic approach to health care.
Aim: The study aimed to assess the knowledge and perceived
health benefits of PTCA and to find the association of knowledge
with the perceived health benefits and demographic variables
among the patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD).
Materials and Methods: A descriptive survey design was
used and data were collected from 130 participants of cardiac
wards of a tertiary care hospital, Karnataka, using structured
knowledge questionnaire about PTCA and post-PTCA health
benefits scale. Later a leaflet about PTCA was given to the
participants. Subjects diagnosed with CHD and on the first
post procedural day of PTCA were included in the study and
patients with psychiatric disorders and medical disorders except
diabetes mellitus and hypertension were excluded. Descriptive
statistics was used to describe the sample characteristics, ChiSquare was used for association.
Results: The mean age of the sample was 54 years, the mean
knowledge score was 7.35±2.855 and 15.4%, 69.2% and 15.4%
of the participants had good, moderate and poor knowledge
respectively. The PTCA procedure was perceived as highly beneficial
by 79.2% of participants and association was not found between
knowledge and perceived health benefits of PTCA (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The study highlights the need for planning
programs for continuing individualised health education on
PTCA for the patients and their families to make changes in the
patient’s wrong perception of health benefits after PTCA. |
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ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |