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Abstract
Applying standardized perioperative guidelines for cardiac surgery helps to improve patient satisfaction, and quality of care, improve staff education and decrease organizational costs also promotes the outcome of patients undergoing surgery during their entire perioperative trip. Aim of the study: Investigate the effectiveness of health education guidelines on cardiac surgery patients’ health outcomes and their satisfaction. Design: A quasi-experimental design for this study. Setting: This study was conducted in the cardiothoracic surgery department and also in the outpatient clinic at the cardiothoracic and vascular surgeries center at Mansoura University. Subjects: Purposive sample patients undergoing cardiac surgery including all adult patients who were admitted for 6 months nearly 120 cardiac patients. Tools: Three tools were used for data gathering, structured interview tool, Rand patients’ health outcomes tool, and Theresa Bucco- Satisfaction tool. The results: Before applying of the health education guidelines, majority of cardiac patients had insufficient knowledge, poor health status, and an unsatisfactory level of care. However, after applying health education guidelines the perioperative knowledge, health outcome, and satisfaction improved. Conclusion: Applying health education guidelines have a significant positive impact on patients’ knowledge, health outcome and increases the satisfaction of patients.