Abd Elaty, H., Eweda, S., Abdel Aziz, T., Hafez, S., Sanhoury, M. (2021). Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83(1), 940-948. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.158085
Hend I.M. Abd Elaty; Soheir Mostafa Eweda; Thoraya Mohamed Abdel Aziz; Samia Mohamed Hafez; Mohamed Ibrahim Sanhoury. "Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83, 1, 2021, 940-948. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.158085
Abd Elaty, H., Eweda, S., Abdel Aziz, T., Hafez, S., Sanhoury, M. (2021). 'Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 83(1), pp. 940-948. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.158085
Abd Elaty, H., Eweda, S., Abdel Aziz, T., Hafez, S., Sanhoury, M. Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2021; 83(1): 940-948. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.158085
Effect of Implementing Discharge Plan on Health Outcomes of the Adult Congestive Heart Failure Patients
1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing - Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Congestive heart failure (CHF) prompt discharge nursing planning is aimed to expand knowledge concerning CHF, promote self-care practices, improve clinical outcomes and minimize readmission. Objective: Determination of the effect of implementing discharge plan on health outcomes of the adult CHF patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at the Inpatient Cardiology Department, Alexandria Main University Hospital and its affiliated Outpatient Cardiac Clinic. A convenience sample of seventy hospitalized CHF patients, who were sequentially divided into 2 equal groups; control group: exposed to routine hospital care and study group: received the discharge plan. Four tools were used; Tool I: Congestive Heart Failure Patients’ Nursing Assessment, Tool II: Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge Test, Tool III: Congestive Heart Failure Health Outcome Indicators and Tool IV: Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Results: There was significant difference between the two studied groups in relation to overall CHF knowledge mean scores after implementing the discharge plan. A statistical significant difference was noticed between the studied group’s patients in relation to overall mean scores of self-care maintenance scale, self-care management scale, and self-care confidence scale. Conclusion: Implementing the developed discharge plan has significantly improved the overall knowledge, self- care practice confidence of adult CHF patients.
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