Coronary artery disease is a condition in which the blood supply to the heart muscle is partially or completelyblocked.Diabetes mellitus has been well described as a cardiovascular risk factor in developed countries. Inthe Framingham study, the incidence of cardiovascular disease among diabetic men was twice that amongnondiabetic men, and similarly was three times more elevated in diabetic women compared to nondiabeticwomen. Diabetic subjects are known to have a two to four times increased CAD risk, and CAD has beenreported to occur two to three decades earlier in diabetic subjects as opposed to their nondiabetic counterparts.Aim of the Study: Thepresent study was conducted to assess theeffectiveness of structured teachingprogramme on knowledge regarding prevention of coronary artery disease among the patients with diabetesmellitus in selected hospitals.Methods: Evaluative approach. A one group pre test and post test (pre experimental) design was usedfor study.Non Probability convenience sampling technique was used for selection of sample.60 diabetespatients were selected as per availability and fulfillment of the preset criteria from selected hospital.Results: The majority of pretest knowledge score of patients that is75% (45) has poor knowledge butmajority posttest knowledge score have 53.33% (32) have good knowledge. posttest mean value 23.98washigher than the pretest mean value 11.56. The mean difference between pre and posttest was 12.42and thez test value was 14.27at 5% level of significance which was highly significant.Chi square was calculatedto find out the association between post test knowledge scores of patients with diabetes mellitus with theirselected demographic variables. It was find that there was no significant association between post testscores among patients with diabetes mellitus regarding prevention of CAD, when compared with age, sex,educational qualification, religion, marital status, dietary habits, habits, history of high BP, history of highcholesterol, previous knowledge of CAD. This indicates that the demographic variables have no effect onposttest knowledge score of patients. Conclusion: From the findings of the present study it is concluded that structure teaching programmeon knowledge regarding prevention of CAD among the patients with diabetes mellitus was effective forimproving the level of knowledge.
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