Investigation of healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life in individuals with coronary artery disease

ABSTRACT SIMA ANNAC INVESTIGATION OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, NURSING MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM WITH THESIS GAZİANTEP 2018 This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study designed to investigate healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life in individuals with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).The research was carried out between 01 June and 01 December 2017 in Gaziantep University Şahinbey Research and Training Hospital Cardiology Department with the necessary institutional permissions.The study was conducted with 202 patients aged 18 years and over who were diagnosed with CAD at least one month before, who had no mental and communication problems and were willing to participate in the study."Patient Information Form", "Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II", "EuroQol-5D Quality of Life Scale" wereused for the data collection.Statistical analysis of the data obtained from the study was performed using the SPSS for Windows Version 15.00 package program, Correlation, Two Independent Sample t test and ANOVA tests.It was determined that the mean scores of the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (117,01 ± 18,85), the EQ-5D Quality of Life Scale index (0,61 ± 0,29) and VAS score (60,24 ± 14,26) were low. It has been shown that the least applied healthy lifestyle behavior of the patients was physical activity/exercise. It was determined that there was a significant positive correlation between the EQ-5D index and VAS scores of the patients and the mean scores of the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II, and that the EQ-5D index and VAS scores were increased while the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II scores increased.It has been found that gender, level of education, working and economic status and duration of diagnosis affect patients' healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life, and the difference was statistically significant.As a result, it was determined that the quality of life of the patients increased as the conditions of healthy lifestyle behaviors increased. Key words: coronary artery disease, healthy lifestyle behavior, quality of life, nursing