TITLE:
The Role of Nursing Care in Drug Compliance and Quality of Life in Patients after Coronary Artery “Bypass” Surgery
AUTHORS:
Besjana Gashi, Vlora Ejupi, Edonesa Jasiqi, Fitim Gashi, Eroll Reshtani, Selami Behluli, Adelina Ismaili
KEYWORDS:
Coronary Bypass, Post-Operative, Nursing Care, Herbicides, Cardiovascular Diseases
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a broad term that includes a whole range of diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases (and not only) or as they are known by the abbreviation (SKV), are as numerous as they are complex, attacking the heart and blood vessels, causing many deaths globally, not to mention, are among the main causes. Arteriosclerosis is diagnosed, mainly on the basis of family and medical history, in which case a physical examination and specific tests are performed, which include: blood tests, Doppler ultrasound, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, echocardiography, angiography and stress test, etc. The study was conducted at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK). The paper is based on data obtained from the research protocol of patients of this clinic, in the period 2016-2018. This study included 100 patients with heart disease and their treatment, with special emphasis on coronary artery bypass grafting. Our goal was to emphasize the care, as well as the quality of life of patients, after coronary artery bypass surgery. This process has always been supervised by the head nurse of the clinic, in order to fully preserve the privacy of the patients included in this research. From the results of this research, we found that males dominate in the number of patients included in the study, age over 50 dominates, and we also found that most patients have relatives who suffer from heart disease. We also see that 18% of patients continue to smoke after surgery, while 70% of them stated that their health after surgery is much better than last year, and 84% of them stated that they use therapy after surgery. Data from another study were performed by the hospital CHF, Self-Care (Self-Care of Heart Failure Index). The results are based on 280 patients, 123 of whom were male and 157 female, their marital status showing that 203 of them were married and that the average age of the patients ranged from 67.2 to 13.4 years. In this study, 147 stated that they had relatives or parents with heart disease, and 133 of them did not. Here we have a difference between the two studies because 79 (29.8%) patients are smokers out of 280 patients interviewed, so here we have a smaller number of smokers than in our country. While researching elsewhere, most of them emphasized that they value health much more after surgery. With regard to drugs, it was concluded that this example shows that patients who did not have a partner who reminded them to take drugs were less compatible with drugs, compared to those who had a partner or friend. Therefore, in conclusion, we find that the use of drugs after surgery helps to improve the health of patients.