Khadijeh Nasiriani1, Razieh Asoodeh2, Majid Najafi Kelyani3, Ali Dehghani4
Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases including angina are one of the most important factors causing mortality in the world. The chronic nature of this disease can greatly affect the quality of life and self-efficacy of patients. The quality of life and self-efficacy of patients can be improved through education. Today, one of the new methods used in teaching patients is peer education.
Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the impact of peer education on the quality of life and self-efficacy of patients with angina pectoris.
Materials and Methods: The present research is a randomized, controlled clinical trial study (pre-test and post-test). 60 patients with angina pectoris hospitalized were randomly assigned to control and test groups, and the test group received the training required for a patient with angina pectoris through peer education, and the control group received routine training by a nurse received. The data on patients were collected before and after the intervention and one month later using the Seattle Angina questionnaire and a general self-efficacy questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-test and paired t-test. The statistical t-test and paired t-test were performed using SPSS V.16 software.
Results: After data analysis, it was found that there was no significant difference between the test and control groups in the scores of quality of life and self-efficacy (p>0.05). Also, immediately after intervention, no significant difference was observed between the test and control groups in two mentioned variables (p> 0.05), but one month after intervention, the quality of life and self-efficacy of test group significantly increased compared to the control group (p = 0.0001).
Conclusion: Using peer education in patients with angina pectoris can have positive effects on their quality of life and self-efficacy. Therefore, this method can be used to improve the quality of life of these patients.
