Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of nursing educational interventions on patients with post PCI non-ischemic chest pain.
METHODOLOGY: This experimental study was conducted from December 2017 to May 2018 on 100 post PCI patients. Patients who came with post PCI non-ischemic chest pain and on initial screening on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) patients scored 5 to 10 were included. Those who had post PCI ischemic chest pain with complications were excluded from the study. The Short McGill Pain Questionnaire (SMPQ) was used to assess the effectiveness of nursing educational interventions. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 26. Percentages were used for categorical variables, and inferential statistics were calculated using the Mann-Whitney Test. Median and range were calculated at baseline, week two, week four and week six for experimental and non-experimental groups. A P-value of <0.05 was considered significant.
RESULTS: This study showed that most participants (74%) were males, and almost all (99%) were married. The P-value is significant at different intervals between the experimental and control groups at two, four and six weeks with P-values <0.001, <0.001, and <0.001, respectively.
CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed that nursing interventions help to reduce post PCI non-ischemic chest pain levels. This study demonstrates that after nurse-led educational interventions, there were significant differences in scores between interventional and non-interventional groups at different levels after PCI.