The Effect of Discharge Training and Telephone Counseling on Self-Care Agency and Coping And Adaptation Process in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Randomized Controlled Study

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The education and counseling role is one of the independent roles of the nurse. In this context, discharge training and telephone counseling given to patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery increase the ability of patients to cope with and adapt to their self-care. This study was conducted to determine the effect of discharge training and telephone counseling on self-care agency, coping and adaptation process in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study has a randomized controlled, experimental design. Both experimental and control groups consisted of 35 individuals (N=70). Patients in the experimental group were given discharge training and telephone counseling service was given for two months. At the end of the process, data collection forms were administered to both groups for the last time. Necessary ethical approvals were taken and consent was taken from the patients. After the discharge training and telephone counseling given to the experimental group, the mean exercise of self-care agency scale score of the patients increased by 13.94; the mean coping and adaptation processing scale increased by 13.6. The mean exercise of self-care agency scale score of the control group increased by 7.86; the mean coping and adaptation processing score increased by 9.14. The effect size occurred for both groups was statistically significant (p\<0.05). Positive results were achieved in the experimental group which received given discharge training and telephone counseling. It is recommended to provide planned discharge training and telephone counseling to patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

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