EJMS

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most important causes of mortality in Eastern Mediterranean countries and Middle East areas (Najafi et al., 2009). Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most frequently surgical procedure used for managing symptoms of coronary artery diseases (Julian and Aroesty, 2011). Cardiac rehabilitation programs reduce the factors that can cause progression of heart disease and reduce the risk of developing complications that include having a subsequent heart attack or dying. Also it improves functional capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life (Lavoratoand Grypma, 2009). The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Cardiac rehabilitation program on Health-Related Quality of Life for patients after Coronary artery bypass graft. It was hypothesized that Health-Related Quality of Life for patients after Coronary artery bypass graft will be improved after implementation of Cardiac rehabilitation program. A quasi-experimental research design has been utilized in this study. The study was conducted at cardiac outpatient clinic in Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Purposive sample of one hundred patients were included in the study. Patient's assessment sheet and short Form Health Survey (SF-36) used to measure health related quality of life of patients before and after implementation of 4 week’s cardiac rehabilitation program. The finding of this study showed highly statistically significant difference in pre- and post- cardiac rehabilitation program regarding the mean of all aspects of physical and mental HRQoL. It was concluded that cardiac rehabilitation program improved all aspect of HRQol after CABG. It was recommended that Cardiac rehabilitation program could be an effective nursing intervention for patients after CABG.