Efektifitas Edukasi Pencegahan Sekunder Faktor Resiko dan Streching Exercise terhadap Kualitas Hidup Pasien Infark Miokard

Abstract

Myocardial infarction causes various physical symptoms which affect on the patient activity intolerance as well as the life quality. Education on secondary prevention of risk factor and stretching exercises is a form of useful intervention in order to increase the quality of the patient's life. This education can be done independently or interdependently by nurses at hospitals, particularly those who carry out service directly. This research was aimed at identifying the effectiveness of education on secondary prevention of risk factor and stretching exercises toward the life quality of patients with myocardial infarction at General Hospital of dr. M. Yunus Bengkulu. This was a quantitative research that applied the quasi experimental Pretest-Posttest Design with control group. The samples were collected by employing consecutive sampling technique with 66 respondents consisting of 33 people in intervention group and the other 33 people in control group. The statistic test was performed by pair t test and it showed that there were differences in life quality of the patients holistically before and after they had the education on secondary prevention of risk factor and stretching exercises (t=8.711; p<0.001). Meanwhile, the statistic test performed by unpair t test demonstrated that there were also differences in the life quality between the intervention and the control group after the intervention period (t=8,012; p<0.001). Education on secondary prevention of risk factor and stretching exercises had significant influence on the improvement of life quality of the patients with myocardial infarction if it was given structurally and simultaneously. The results of this research could be valuable inputs for the nursing service in making education on secondary prevention of risk factor and stretching exercises one of independent nursing intervention with the intention of improving the life quality of patients with coronary heart disease who had history of myocardial infarction treatment.