Comparison of Video & Verbal Education on Satisfaction and Post Operative Complications of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography

Background & Objectives: Coronary angiography is one of definitive diagnostic tests for coronary artery disease. Patients' education is one of the most interventions before coronary Angiography. The objective of this study is to compare two patients' education method (Video & Verbal) on patients' satisfaction and complications after coronary angiography. Materials & Methods: In a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design, 128 patients randomly assigned to either control or experimental group. Control group received verbal routine education by nurses and experimental group received an informative video about coronary angiography procedure as well as pre and post angiography interventions. Complications of patients were assessed by observation of researcher and satisfaction measured by a 4-state scale. The date analyzed by descriptive and analytic statistics. Results: Analysis of data showed that the satisfaction of patients in experimental group was higher than control group. This difference was statistically significant (P0.05). Conclusion: Results of this study confirmed the application of multi-media education in increasing patients' satisfaction. It is recommended that video education used as a substitute for verbal education before coronary angiography.