Open AccessChange in patient nutritional knowledge following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Author(s) -
L. Van Rooy,
Yoga Coopoo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
health sa gesondheid
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2071-9736
pISSN - 1025-9848
DOI - 10.4102/hsag.v22i0.976
Subject(s) - medicine , artery , coronary artery disease , nutrition education , intervention (counseling) , knowledge level , physical therapy , surgery , gerontology , psychology , nursing , mathematics education
In order to reduce coronary artery disease (CAD) risk, moderate physical activity should be combined with other lifestyle modifications, such as proper nutrition, to have a dramatic impact. This necessitates educational and preventative measures, which should begin in childhood and continue throughout life.Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the change in nutrition knowledge of coronary artery bypass graft patients by implementation of a lifestyle intervention programme.Methods: The Hawkes andNowak Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (1998) was administered to 18 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients to assess the change in nutrition knowledge.Results: Significant improvements were noted in the nutrition knowledge score (18.9 ± 3.4–23.2 ± 4.5; p = 0.000). Although all components measured exhibited improvements in knowledge, cholesterol reduction knowledge (5.3 ± 1.8–7.2 ± 1.8; p = 0.0066), low fat food knowledge (3.8 ± 2.3–5.1 ± 2.7; p = 0.011) and high fibre food knowledge (4.1 ± 1.4–4.7 ± 1.1;p = 0.022) exhibited the highest and most significant improvements.Conclusion: Notably, these significant improvements in nutrition knowledge points toward effective education being delivered during the intervention. Cardiac rehabilitation has proved to be effective in changing lifestyle habits in a holistic way and this study further shows an improvement in nutritional knowledge based on sound educational principles.