Comparison of Face to Face vs. Group Training on Self-pulse Rate taking Ability of Patients

Habibollah Saadat; Roxana Sadeghi; Maryam Jannatipour; Alireza Abadi; Zahra Saadat; Saeed Alipour Parsa

doi:10.21859/ijcp-401

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice

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Comparison of Face to Face vs. Group Training on Self-pulse Rate taking Ability of Patients

Author(s):

Habibollah Saadat¹,

Roxana Sadeghi^1,*,

Maryam Jannatipour¹,

Alireza Abadi²,

Zahra Saadat¹,

Saeed Alipour Parsa¹

1Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice:Vol. 4, issue 1; 7-9

Published online:Jan 30, 2019

Article type:Research Article

Received:Aug 12, 2018

Accepted:Oct 05, 2018

How to Cite:Habibollah SaadatRoxana SadeghiMaryam JannatipourAlireza AbadiZahra SaadatSaeed Alipour Parsaet al.Comparison of Face to Face vs. Group Training on Self-pulse Rate taking Ability of Patients.Int J Cardiovasc Pract.4(1):e130277.https://doi.org/10.21859/ijcp-401.

Abstract

Introduction: Determining the rate and regularity of peripheral arterial pulses has a major role in assessing the clinical status of patients with cardiovascular disorders. We compared two training methods on the ability of patients to take their radial pulse rate accurately.

Methods: Three-hundred patients were randomly divided into two arms. One arm received individual face-to-face training and the other arm received group training via displaying an animation movie. Immediately after the training and then after 48 hours, the patients were tested by a nurse to find out whether they have learned the correct technique of taking radial pulse rate or not.

Results: Immediately after the intervention, 84.9% in face-to-face arm and 81.8% in group training arm were able to correctly count their radial pulse rate (P = 0.536). After 48 hours, 71.7% in face-to-face and 60.8% in group training arm were able to correctly count their radial pulse rate (P = 0.051).

Conclusions: Both methods were effective to improve the ability of the patients to count their radial pulse rate correctly though face-to-face method was marginally superior to group training.

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases

Patient Education as Topic

Pulse Rate

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Author(s):

Habibollah Saadat:[PubMed][Scholar]
Roxana Sadeghi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Maryam Jannatipour:[PubMed][Scholar]
Alireza Abadi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Zahra Saadat:[PubMed][Scholar]
Saeed Alipour Parsa:[PubMed][Scholar]