ميزان تاثير مشاوره گروهي بر كيفيت زندگي بيماران مبتلا به انفاركتوس ميوكارد مراجعه كننده به درمانگاه هاي بيمارستان هاي امام خميني (ره ) و شريعتي تهران

Survey the effect of group counselling on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients who have been referred to the clinics of Imam khomeini and Shariati Hospitals in Tehran

Introduction: This study has been done to investigate the effect of group counselling on the quality of life of the patients suffering from myocardial infarction. Methods: A number of 62 patients with myocardial infarction were referred to Imam Khomeini curet Shariati Hospitals were assigned to two groups: intervention and no intervention groups. Some factors such as age, sex, education level and the number of heart attacks were matched in the above groups. For 31 of the patients in the intervention group, 6 to 7 group counselling session were performed 2 days a week, each session would last 1 hour. However, no counselling was done for the control group.The quality of life in both groups were assessed by MacNew QLMI questionnaire, before the counselling program, and one month after that, and the quality of life in both group were compared. Data were analyzed using SPSS, Windows version. Results: Independent t-test showed that the quality of life score before the group counselling had not a significant difference between the two groups(p=0.99). Meanwhile, after the group counselling the same test with P= 0.001 indicated a significant difference between the two groups. Paired t-test revealed that the quality of life score before and after the group counselling in the intervention group with P<0.00I has a significant difference. Pearson correlation coefficient test with P= 0.002 revealed that there was a significant correlation between the duration of suffering from myocardial infarction, and the quality of li/e score. The effectiveness of the designed counselling program on the quality of life according to the grail th test was assessed as 24.08. Conclusion: Considering the results, it is recommended that group counselling program should be used to increase the quality of life of the patients suffering from myocardial infarction.