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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 Sep;53(5):585-594.
doi: 10.1111/jnu.12673. Epub 2021 May 19.

The Effectiveness of the Transitional Care Program Among People Awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Randomized Control Trial

Arisara Yuroong  1 , Usavadee Asdornwised  2 , Wanpen Pinyopasakul  2 , Wanchai Wongkornrat  3 , Natkamol Chansatitporn  4
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effectiveness of the Transitional Care Program Among People Awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Randomized Control Trial

Arisara Yuroong et al. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the effectiveness of the Transitional Care Program (TCP) on the anxiety, depression, cardiac self-efficacy, number of hospitalizations, and satisfaction with care among people awaiting elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Design: The study design was a randomized controlled trial.

Methods: The participants with coronary artery disease who met the study criteria (n = 104) were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 52) receiving the TCP plus routine care, or the control group (n = 52) receiving routine care only. The TCP, developed based on the Transitional Care Model, comprised hospital discharge planning and six weekly home telephone follow-ups to provide health education, counseling, monitoring, and emotional support tailored to the individual's needs. Data were collected at baseline, and then at weeks 1, 6, and 8 after program enrollment. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, repeated-measures analysis of variance, and the Z test.

Findings: The intervention group had lower anxiety and depression than did the control group at weeks 1, 6, and 8 after program enrollment. At weeks 6 and 8, the intervention group exhibited higher cardiac self-efficacy and satisfaction with care than the control group. Further, the intervention group had a significantly lower number of hospitalizations than the control group at week 8.

Conclusions: The TCP can reduce anxiety, depression, and number of hospitalizations, while increasing cardiac self-efficacy and satisfaction with care among people awaiting CABG.

Clinical relevance: Nurses are in a pivotal position to make care transitions safer. Provision of discharge education and regular telephone contacts could enhance positive outcomes regarding patients awaiting elective cardiac surgery.

Keywords: Awaiting surgery; cardiac self-efficacy; coronary artery bypass graft; telephone follow-up; transitional care.

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