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Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting patients “quality of life (QoL).” With regard to limited number of interventional studies on such patients’ QoL, the present study aimed to define the effect of a care plan on the QoL of the patients, hospitalized...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034487 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_35_16 |
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author | Khalifehzadeh-Esfahani, Asghar Amirzadeh, Ali Golshahi, Jafar |
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description | BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting patients “quality of life (QoL).” With regard to limited number of interventional studies on such patients’ QoL, the present study aimed to define the effect of a care plan on the QoL of the patients, hospitalized in coronary care unit (CCU), with atrial fibrillation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a randomized two-group clinical trial that was conducted on 50 patients, diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and hospitalized in CCU. Fifty patients were selected through convenient sampling and were randomly assigned to study (n = 25) and control (n = 25) groups. Study group underwent an already designed care plan, while the control group received just routine care. QoL was measured by Short Form (SF-36) QoL questionnaire before and one month after intervention. Data were analyzed by t-test through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTS: Independent t-test showed a significant difference in mean scores of overall QoL and all of its domains (p < 0.05), except for general health (t = 1.23, p = 0.22) and social function (t = 1.70, p = 0.09). The t-test showed a significant difference in mean (SD) scores of overall QoL in study [51.57 (14.57)] and control [41.80 (18.51)] groups after intervention (t = 2.07, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that an already designed care plan can result in improvement of QoL in patients with atrial fibrillation. In the present study, a standard care plan was administrated for the patients with atrial fibrillation. Through administration of care plans in clinical settings, nurses’ clinical and effective role can be improved. |
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spelling | pubmed-60345222018-07-20 Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Khalifehzadeh-Esfahani, Asghar Amirzadeh, Ali Golshahi, Jafar Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting patients “quality of life (QoL).” With regard to limited number of interventional studies on such patients’ QoL, the present study aimed to define the effect of a care plan on the QoL of the patients, hospitalized in coronary care unit (CCU), with atrial fibrillation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a randomized two-group clinical trial that was conducted on 50 patients, diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and hospitalized in CCU. Fifty patients were selected through convenient sampling and were randomly assigned to study (n = 25) and control (n = 25) groups. Study group underwent an already designed care plan, while the control group received just routine care. QoL was measured by Short Form (SF-36) QoL questionnaire before and one month after intervention. Data were analyzed by t-test through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTS: Independent t-test showed a significant difference in mean scores of overall QoL and all of its domains (p < 0.05), except for general health (t = 1.23, p = 0.22) and social function (t = 1.70, p = 0.09). The t-test showed a significant difference in mean (SD) scores of overall QoL in study [51.57 (14.57)] and control [41.80 (18.51)] groups after intervention (t = 2.07, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that an already designed care plan can result in improvement of QoL in patients with atrial fibrillation. In the present study, a standard care plan was administrated for the patients with atrial fibrillation. Through administration of care plans in clinical settings, nurses’ clinical and effective role can be improved. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6034522/ /pubmed/30034487 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_35_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Khalifehzadeh-Esfahani, Asghar Amirzadeh, Ali Golshahi, Jafar Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title | Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title_full | Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title_fullStr | Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title_short | Effect of a Care Plan on the Quality of Life of the Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
title_sort | effect of a care plan on the quality of life of the patients with atrial fibrillation |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034487 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_35_16 |
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