Impact of Nursing Educational Program on Knowledge, Drug- Drug Interaction and Psychological Stress, of Heart Failure Patients in Sulaimani Cardiac Hospital

Background: The inability of the heart to pump blood to meet the body's metabolic needs is known as heart failure. Psychosocial therapy can reduce the risk of heart attack in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest, but stress can increase symptoms of heart failure and cognitive impairments. Around the world, nurses are essential to health education, fostering good health outcomes, and improving the effectiveness of healthcare.Aim: To assess the impact of nursing educational programs on psychological stress of heart failure patients in Cardiac Hospital in Sulaimani city.Methods: A quasi-experimental design enrolled 200 patients with heart failure at the Cardiac Hospital in Sulaimani City. Two groups divided into interventional (n=100) and control (n=100), contributors finalized a full questionnaire covering socio-demographics, level of stress and knowledge about heart failure. The nursing education program entirely battered the interventional group. Data was collected through direct face to face interviews, and analysis used Statistic independent the Social Sciences version 26, independent t test and Chi square.Results: The total Mean (SD) of age of both groups was 68.3 11.2 years. 72% and 69% of both groups were male respectively. Each group initially had 100 patients, but the intervention group reduced to 94 and the control group to 90 due to death after the nursing educational program. 59%,65% of them were illiterate, 52%,50% were widow/er, and 33% of both groups lived alone, 48%, 50% of both intervention and control groups were married respectively while 67% of them lived with their spouses. 63%, 68% of them had a bad economic status.Conclusions: Before the program, nearly all patients lacked information about heart failure, its pathophysiology, and drug-drug interactions. However, after the nursing educational program, a significant change was observed (P value 0.05). Nearly half of the intervention group and more than half of control groups experienced high levels of stress before the program. After the educational program, the stress level in the intervention group decreased to less than a quarter, while the control groups stress level increased to 54.4%. The implementation of the nursing educational program showed highly significant differences between the two groups (P value 0.05).