COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN ANGIOGRAPHY WITH CCU ON THE COMPLICATIONS OF CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY

One of the most important pre-angioplasty cares is patient education. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of educational intervention in angiography with CCU on duration of immobility and incidence of hematoma and ecchymosis in the patients undergoing coronary angioplasty admitted to CCU.

In this experimental study, 105 patients who were candidates for coronary angioplasty were randomly divided into two intervention groups (intervention 1, CCU training and intervention 2, angiography training) and one control group (routine training). Intervention groups 1 and 2 also received routine training. Patients in all three groups were evaluated for hematoma, ecchymosis, and duration of immobility at specific hours using a demographic questionnaire, checklist for bleeding and hematoma, as well as duration of immobility. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test examinations using SPSS 18 software. Significance level was considered p <0.05.

Findings of the study did not show any significant difference between the three groups in terms of hematoma, ecchymosis, and duration of immobility after angioplasty in the mentioned hours (p> 0.05).

Despite the reduction of complications such as ecchymosis and hematoma in the intervention groups compared to the control group, no significant difference was observed between the three groups. The very low number of complications of angioplasty can be considered as an important limitation that influenced the findings of the study.