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CARDIOLOGY
AND CARDIAC NURSING
3rd World Congress on
Cardiology Summit 2019 Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics | Volume 3
OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
YEARS
THE INFLUENCE OF ILLNESS PERCEPTION ON PERCEIVED LEARNING NEEDS
AMONG PATIENTS TREATEDWITH PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Ala Ashour
Hashemite University, Jordan
Statement of the Problem: Illness perception among patients with coronary heart diseases influences their
outcomes, recovery, and quality of life. Little is known about the role of illness perception on perceived learning
needs among patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess patients’ illness perception and to examine its influ-
ence on perceived learning needs among patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
Methodology: A cross-sectional design was used. A convenience sample of 208 patients who had undergone
first time percutaneous coronary intervention participated in the study. Data were collected before patients
were discharged from hospital using the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire and the Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention Learning Need Scale. Multiple linear regression was used to examine the ability of illness percep-
tion to predict perception of learning needs.
Findings: Patients were highly concerned about their illness, perceived high consequences and symptoms re-
lated to coronary heart disease. They perceived low levels of personal and treatment control over their illness.
Patients reported high learning needs. Multiple linear regression showed that low perception of personal con-
trol, treatment control, and high perception of disease identity significantly predicted high perceived learning
needs.
Conclusion: Patients illness perception influences perceived learning needs. It may be included in routine clin-
ical assessments. Considering the results from this study, tailored health education programs are needed for
patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention; such program should target patients who perceived
low levels of personal and treatment control over illness, and have high perception of symptoms..
Ala Ashour, J Cardiovasc Med Ther 2019, Volume 3
Ala Ashour professional experience is more than fifteen years in critical care nursing and academia. He completed his
bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing (critical care nursing) from Jordan University of Science and Technology and
PhD in 2014 from University of Ulster, Belfast, United Kingdom. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor in
nursing, faculty of nursing at Hashemite University-Jordan. His research interest mainly focused on cardiac care nursing,
critical care nursing, refugee’s health, and primary and secondary prevention particularly for patients with coronary
artery disease.
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