Planned discharge program effectiveness on cardiac self-efficacy and hope in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A quasi-experimental study

Background: Controlling risk factors and lifestyle modification in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients plays an important role and leads to the empowerment of these patients to take care of themselves. One way to empower these patients is to improve their self-efficacy and hope. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the planned discharge on cardiac self-efficacy and hope of CABG patients. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, the sample consisted of 60 people (30 in the intervention group and 30 in the control group). Data were collected using the Miller Hope Questionnaire and Sullivan Cardiac Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using central indices of mean and standard deviation and Chi-square, t-tests and one-way analysis of variance. The software used for data analysis was SPSS version 19. Results: The mean age of participants in the control group was 91/9 +/- 86/91 and in the intervention, group was 33/7 +/- 7/58. There was no significant difference between the demographic characteristics, heart self-efficacy and hope scores of the participants in the control and intervention groups. After the intervention, there was a meaningful statistical difference between the two groups at discharge time and 1 month afterward in both hope and cardiac heart self-efficacy scores (p = 0.001, 0.0001). Conclusion: In this study, the implementation of the discharge program was effective in increasing the hope and cardiac selfefficacy of CABG patients and the use of the discharge plan is recommended to improve the outcomes of these patients.