Feasibility of Health Education Program for Patients with Heart Failure regarding Implanted Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy System جدوى برنامج التثقيف الصحي لمرضى قصور القلب فيما يتعلق بنظام العلاج بإعادة مزامنة القلب المزروع

Heart failure remains a disease with a poor prognosis. Cardiac resynchronization therapy device is a special device for heart failure patients are at high risk for sudden cardiac death, to treat slow heart rhythms. Aim: This study evaluated the feasibility of health education program for patients with heart failure regarding an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy system. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Sample: Purposive sample involved 100 patients with heart failure. Setting: Heart outpatient clinic at Nasser Institute hospital. Tool for data collection: One tool used is composed of five parts, 1st part: Patients socio-demographic characteristic, 2nd part: Past and current complaints of patients with heart failure, 3rd part: Patients’ knowledge about heart failure disease and cardiac resynchronization therapy system, 4th part: Patients' attitude about cardiac resynchronization therapy, 5th part: Patients' reported practices regarding cardiac resynchronization therapy system. Results: Presented that, 25. 0 % of them had total adequate knowledge pre-program, which become 89.0 % of them had total adequate knowledge post implementing health education program. 13.0% of patient had positive total attitude pre- program. While it converts to 80.0% of them had positive total attitude . Also, 11.0 % of the patients had total competence reported practices pre- program, which improved to 90.0% of them had competence total reported practices . Conclusion: The study concludes that the patients' total knowledge, attitude & total reported practices about heart failure disease and improved after implementation of health education program than pre. Recommendations: Continuous health education