Abstract
Background: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in the world and Taiwan respectively in first and second placeCardiac rehabilitation can improve the quality of life of patients with coronary artery disease and reduce mortality. But the number of patients attending to the phase II cardiac rehabilitation program is still well below the number of patients who should attend. And health education is part of the cardiac rehabilitation. The effectiveness of health education through various media is different. Purpose: 1. To explore the effectiveness of health education through various media. 2. To explore the change of the attendance at phase Ⅱ cardiac rehabilitation after health education intervention. Methods: This study was divided into three stages. The first stage: Expert validity of Cardiac Rehabilitation Awareness Scale. The second stage: Test the effectiveness of three kinds of mediums through “Cardiac Rehabilitation Awareness Scale” and find the best one. The third stage: Educate CAD patients with the best medium and explore the change of their attendance at phase Ⅱ cardiac rehabilitation. Results: 1. The validity of “Cardiac Rehabilitation Awareness Scale” was 1. It can be used as a measurement tool of the effectiveness of health education. 2. 90 subjects were included to the second stage. There was no significant difference in the effectiveness of health education of the three media (P=0.6001). 3. 33 subjects were included to the third stage. The participation rate of phase II cardiac rehabilitation compared with historical value significantly improved through cardiac health education (P=0.0348). Conclusion: 1. There was no significant difference in the effectiveness of health education among Words, Graphics and Video media. 2. The participation rate of phase II cardiac rehabilitation improved through cardiac health education.