The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the intensive teaching program on compliance of health behavior for patients with myocardial infarction.
the subjects were 47 patients and twenty-three patients were assigned to the experimental group and twenty-four to the control. Data were collected through questionnaire surveys. As for data analysis, x² test, unpaired t-test. Repeated measures ANOVA were adopted using the SAS program.
The results were as follows:
1. After 4 weeks 1) The compliance scores of health behavior were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. 2) The experimental group was at a higher compliance score for smoking cessation, dietary health behavior, doing regular exercise, avoiding physical stress and managing mental stress than the control group.
2. After 12 weeks 1) The compliance score of health behavior was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. 2) The experimental group was at a higher compliance score in smoking cessation, dietary health behavior (except abstaining from alcoholic beverages), doing regular exercise, avoiding physical stress and managing mental stress than the control group.
The above findings show that the intensive teaching care program was effective in increasing compliance of health behavior in the patients with myocardial infarction.
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