1- Cardiologist, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Ph.D in Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education and Psychology. University of Isfahan. Isfahan. Iran
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Background and Aim: Given the increasing research, the purpose of this study was to explain the effectiveness of this training and its effective factors.
Materials and Methods: The present study is a mixed and explanatory project. In the first step to obtain the effectiveness of self-care education through quantitative meta-analysis and secondly to examine its effective factors the qualitative method of the case study was used. Statistical population of the first stage includes all relevant internal research and secondly, it included all cardiologists in Isfahan province. The data gathering tool is firstly a researcher-made checklist and for the second stage, the semi-structured interview method was used. To analyze the first stage data Comprehensive statistical meta-analysis software CMA Version II and for the second step, coding methods were used.
Results: The results showed that self-care education interventions were highly effective in cardiac patients(ES=1.616, P<0.05) In other words, the average effectiveness of self-care education in (experimental groups) 94% were more effective than control groups. On the other hand, the results of the second stage showed Factors affecting effectiveness include seven factors: education, personal control, physical activity, nutrition, emotion control, optimism, and continuous follow-up.
Conclusion: Heart disease self-care based on the above mentioned factors, as the most effective factor in controlling and improving heart disease this will lead to a longer life expectancy and a better quality of life for patients with heart disease.
Type of Study:
Original Research |
Subject:
Hospital Managment ePublished: 1399/07/23