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. 2011;3(2):63-6.
doi: 10.5681/jcvtr.2011.013. Epub 2011 May 28.

Assessment of the role of education in changing lifestyle in patients with coronary heart diseases

Mehrdad Yavarikia  1 , Jafar Shahamfar, Hanieh Amidfar
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Assessment of the role of education in changing lifestyle in patients with coronary heart diseases

Mehrdad Yavarikia et al. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2011.

Abstract

Introduction: The idea which the progression of coronary artery disease is regularly reversible was previously radical concept but today it has become the most common. A number of interventions have been reported to arrest or reverse the progression of coronary atherosclerosis, many of which have been detailed in the time those include comprehensive changes in lifestyle.

Methods: A total of 100 patients aged less than 65 years were interrogated, 50 patients in case groups and 50 in control groups. All severely ill patients, and patients aged more than 65 years were excluded. We used educational packages for all of our patients, to teach all of them risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and how to change their lifestyle to reduce those risk factors. Data were analyzed by SPSS software.

Results: Patients in intervention group significantly reduce the intake of saturated fat, sugar, and cholesterol (p<0.001), increased their exercises (p<0.001), and stopped smoking (p<0.05), when compared with the usual case group.

Conclusion: This study demonstrated that education has a very important role in changing lifestyles of CHD patents and it helped to reduce risk factors of CHD.

Keywords: Lifestyle Coronary; Modification; heart disease.

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Conflict of interests: No conflict of interest to be declared.

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