The effect of training on coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

In the pre-operative process, patients who will undergo cardiovascular surgery and their families require planned education and education materials. Education given to patients plays a key role in reducing anxiety, overcoming stress, and accelerating discharge.

This study was conducted to determine the effect of an education booklet in addition to training by nurses on efficacy expectation, pain and anxiety levels in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery patients.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted in the cardiovascular surgery service of a university hospital in Izmir, Turkey, between June and October 2018 and involved 60 patients. The patients were divided into two groups: control (n = 30) and intervention (n = 30). The intervention group was patients educated before surgery by using the booklet, but the control group only received routine care by nurses. The data were collected using the Mini-Mental Test, Patient Information Form, Visual Analogue Pain Scale, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Scale, Barnason Efficacy Expectation Scale, and Education Evaluation Form.

After the intervention at discharge, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of anxiety, pain, and efficacy expectation among the intervention group which received booklet education with the control group which received routine care (p <  .05).

The booklet education given to patients before CABG surgery was found to have potential effects on patients' post-operative pain levels, the efficacy expectation, and satisfaction.

In the pre-operative process, the use of booklet education in addition to routine care increases the level of efficacy expectation and decreases pain and anxiety in CABG surgery patients. Therefore, nurses can use booklet education to improve self-efficacy and reduce pain and anxiety in patients who have CABG surgery.