Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of myocardial Infarction, Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Outpatient Clinic in Heart Hospital Assiut University

Abstract

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is an emergent percutaneous catheter intervention in the setting of ST elevation myocardial infarction, it is the preferred reperfusion strategy. Aim of the study: Assessment of knowledge and practices of myocardial infarction patients after (PPCI). Study design: A descriptive cross-sectional study research design has been utilized. Setting: the study was conducted at outpatient clinic Cardiovascular, Heart Hospital Assiut University. Subjects: A convenience sample of 150 patients was included in the study. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire including three parts included personal data, patients' knowledge about myocardial infarction, (PPCI)and reported practices Results: It was found that 43,3% of patients their age were younger than 50 year and 77.0% of them were males also it was found that 58.0% of patients had poor knowledge about myocardial infarction and (PPCI). More than three quarters of patients always take food rich in fat. 60.7 % of them never practice any kind of exercise, 83.3% of them were smokers. Conclusion: There was a great lacking of the necessary basic knowledge and practice of studied patients about myocardial infarction after (PPCI). Recommendations: Health education program is needed for patients with myocardial infarction to improve their knowledge and practice regarding their disease.

Knowledge And Life-style Changes for Patients with Myocardial Infarction after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

“…The majority of the sample were males (67%), This result was comparable to the results of Mohammad et al (2013) study, which showed that the incidence of myocardial infarction most prevalent among all cases was male sex, where the proportion of males reached (65.9%). Also, this result was agree with a Kamal et al (2019) study that showed that the percentage of males who had suffered a myocardial infarction in Assiut University Heart Hospital was much greater than that of women, where the percentage of male patients was 77%. This was explained by Kamal et al (2019) as men are affected at an earlier age than women and have higher incidence of high blood pressure and led to develop atherosclerosis earlier in life.…”

“…Also, this result was agree with a Kamal et al (2019) study that showed that the percentage of males who had suffered a myocardial infarction in Assiut University Heart Hospital was much greater than that of women, where the percentage of male patients was 77%. This was explained by Kamal et al (2019) as men are affected at an earlier age than women and have higher incidence of high blood pressure and led to develop atherosclerosis earlier in life. Also, Abbasi et al (2018) mentioned that gender is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease, where males are at higher risk of MI than women, and males are more likely to suffer MI early at life.…”

“…With regard to smoking tobacco and alcohol consumption, he majority of the sample (69%) are non-smokers and (77%) do not drink alcohol. This result contradicts the study of Kamal et al (2019), which indicated that the largest percentage of myocardial infarction patients are smokers and drink alcohol with a percentage of (74%). The result of the current study also contradicts with Xiao et al (2018) where the results showed that three fourths of the myocardial infarction participants (75.8%) have a history of smoking and half of them (50%) have a history of drinking.…”