A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding CABG Clients among Nurses of Selected Hospital

Abstract Background: The “heart disease” is commonly termed as cardiovascular diseases which is generally referred to condition that involved narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can leads to chest pain or angina, heart attack and stroke other heart conditions such as those that affect the heart muscle, valve rhythm is also considered to be forms of heart diseases. In 2009, worldwide annually around 1,313,000 inpatient Percutaneous Coronary Interventions procedures, 448,000 inpatient bypass procedures and more than 800,000 CABG procedures were performed (AHA, 2011). An estimated 47 million Indians had coronary artery disease (CAD) in 2011. Indian persons undergoing bypass surgeries were often young (average age of 60 yrs) and yet had high burden of modifiable CVD risk factors. The prevalence of Obesity (BMI>25) 51%; Diabetes 48%; Hypertension 71%; Smoking 41% and High LDL-C>100mg/dl 86%. Early and aggressive attention would drastically reduce the need for coronary procedures. Method: A non-experimental descriptive research design was used to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding CABG client among nurses of selected hospital. The data was collected from 50 nurses by using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Result: Assessment of level of knowledge regarding CABG client among nurses, shows that majority 28% of the nurses had average knowledge, and 78% had good knowledge. Assessment of level of attitude regarding CABG client among nurses at selected hospital show that majority 44% of the nurses had neutral attitude, and 56% of the nurses had favorable attitude. The study findings reveal that there was a significant association of knowledge with a demographic variable like year of experience ((χ² = 11.07)). There was no significant association of knowledge with a demographic variable like Age, Gender, Education, position in ward. The study findings reveal that there was a significant association of attitude with a demographic variable like education (χ² = 27.17). There is no significant association of attitude with a demographic variable like Age, Gender, and year of experience. Conclusion: The findings of the study shows that staff nurses had good knowledge and favorable attitude towards coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) working in selected hospital.