Effect of a postdischarge education class on coronary artery disease knowledge and self-reported health-promoting behaviors

Objective: ermine the effect of a single 2-hour postdischarge education class on knowledge and health-promoting behaviors of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. : ptive, two-group, posttest survey. g: tern community hospital. ts: ndred fourteen patients who had experienced a cardiac catheterization, 53 patients who had attended a postdischarge coronary artery disease education class, and 61 patients who had not attended the class. e Measures: dge of coronary artery disease and coronary artery disease risk factor, and health-promoting behaviors. s: who attended the postdischarge class scored significantly higher on both knowledge and health-promoting behaviors. sion: ts who attended a single 2-hour postdischarge education class had significantly higher knowledge of coronary artery disease and coronary artery disease risk factors. Knowledge may better prepare people to increase health-promoting behaviors.