title: An individualized teaching programme following primary uncomplicated myocardial infarction.
abstract: This paper describes the planning and implementation of an individualized teaching programme for patients and their families following primary uncomplicated myocardial infarction. This preliminary study was designed and implemented by a senior nurse while working in the clinical area. Patients were randomly allocated to a control or study group. Both groups of patients were interviewed on the fourth day following admission to hospital and again at 2 and 6 months after discharge. Nurse intervention in the form of individually planned consecutive teaching sessions achieved a reduction in anxiety and modification of identifiable risk factors (smoking, obesity, diet, exercise) in the patients included in the teaching programme.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012907:Smoking