APPRAISAL OF KNOWLEDGE OF CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURES AMONG CARDIAC PATIENTS IN CARDIOLOGY UNIT OF TANTA UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL HOSPITAL, EGYPT
1Abdulmaleek Musa Aliyu & 2OM Ebraheim Ali, 3Nagwa Ragab Attia & 4Reda Abd Elsalam
1Department of Nursing Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Kano State
2,3,4Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt
Email: abdulmaleekmusa29@yahoo.com, nagwaragab@rocketmail.com
Corresponding author: Abdulmaleek Musa Aliyu
ABSTRACT
Cardiac catheterization is a valuable diagnostic procedure which does a Comprehensive examination of how the heart and its blood vessels function. One or more catheters are inserted through a peripheral blood vessel in the antecubital artery or vein and or femoral artery or vein with x-ray guidance. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge appraisal cardiac catheterization procedures among cardiac patients in cardiology unit of Tanta Educational Hospital, Egypt. Fifty patients undergoing the procedure of cardiac catheterization were selected to participate in this study for two months. Single tools were used for collection of data that was necessary for this study as follows: Patient’s Knowledge Assessment Regarding Cardiac Catheterization Questionnaire, which comprises of socio-demographic characteristics of study population and patients’ knowledge regarding cardiac catheterization. More than half of the study samples were female, illiterate, within the age range of 51years and above. 46% of the samples were married. 52% had previous history of cardiac catheterization and 56% got sources of knowledge and information about cardiac catheterization from health workers. 66% of the patient had poor knowledge regarding the procedure of cardiac catheterization. The statistical analysis shows there is a significant relationship between level of knowledge, as cardiac patients shows poor knowledge as regards to the procedure of cardiac catheterization. Hence, awareness about this procedure could be as a result of advent of new technology in health care delivery.
Key words: Cardiac catheterization, cath lab, knowledge, catheterization procedure, Tanta.
