Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 2Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of basic sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 Student Research Committee, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Background: Patients with cardiovascular disease need to adhere to their treatment and care recommendations to prevent the progression of their condition and improve their quality of life. In this regard, this study was conducted to develop a mobile application and tested its effectiveness to improve medication adherence of persons with cardiac disease.
Methods: The study was conducted in two stages. The first stage involved the preparation of the "Mobile Application for Persons with Cardiac Disease" using the cascade model. In the second stage, enrolled 121 patients who were hospitalized in the cardiac intensive care unit of Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Education Center of Tehran from March to August 2023. The participants were randomly assigned to either the control group (63 people) or the intervention group (58 people). The study collected data using a medication adherence questionnaire at 7th, 14th, and 21th day after discharge and compared the results with control group. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.
Results: The average age of the control group was 56.75± 11.38 years, and the average age of the intervention group was 57.03± 11.55 years. The comparison of the average medication adherence with independent t-tests showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups at 7th, 14th, and 21th day after discharge (P<0.01). The results of the repeated measure test in each group also showed that the difference between the groups increased over time (P<0.001).
Conclusions: The results of study showed that mobile application is effective in improving medication adherence among heart patients.
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