The effects of peer-led education on anxiety of the family caregivers of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in Shahid Chamran center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Family caregivers of patients, candidate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, experience high rate of anxiety about the operation, its results and the post caring process. Lack of sufficient information exacerbates the anxiety and stress rate. Here, the influence of peer-led education on anxiety rate of family caregivers of candidate patients for CABG was studied. Methods: The study was conducted at Shahid Chamran Hospital of Isfahan as a trial-clinical research. After the peer group was selected and prepared, 50 affiliated family caregivers were selected by the in-available method and assigned randomly to two control and experimental groups. The anxiety rate of family caregivers was measured using the Speielberger Questionnaire, before and after the intervention. In the experimental group, the participants were categorized in groups of six and educated in two sessions for two respective days before the operation and the educational sessions were carried out for the peer group. Results: Before the intervention, the results did not show significant differences in anxiety of family caregivers of candidate patients for chronic vascular operation between the control and experimental groups (P = 0.46). However, after the operation, the anxiety difference between the two groups was significant (P > 0.001) and the anxiety rate in the experimental group had decreased. The anxiety rate differences of family caregivers in the post-experimental group was significant relative to the pre-experimental period (P > 0.001). In general there was no significant differences in anxiety rate of the control group (P > 0.28). Conclusions: the peer-led educational program was effective in decreasing the anxiety rate among family caregivers of candidate patients of CABG. Therefore, it is suggested to have a well-trained peer group to educate the patient's family caregivers.

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