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PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DESSERTION SUBMITTED BY: MS SONAL SHARMA. 1st yr. M. Sc. (Nursing) MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 2012-2014 BATCH SARVODAYA COLLEGE OF NURSING 0 RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA, BANGALORE. PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DISSERTATION 1. NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS 2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTION 3. COURSE OF THE STUDY AND SUBJECT 4. DATE OF ADMISSION OF COURSE 5. TITLE OF THE TOPIC 6. BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK 6.0 Introduction Enclosed 6.1 Need for the study Enclosed 6.1.1 Statement of the problem Enclosed 6.2 Review of related literature Enclosed 6.3 Objectives of the study Enclosed 6.3.1 Operational definitions Enclosed 6.3.2 Assumptions Enclosed 6.3.3 Hypothesis Enclosed 6.3.4 Sampling Criteria Enclosed (Inclusion and Exclusion criteria) 6.3.5 Delimitations Enclosed MATERIALS AND METHODS 7.1. Sources of data: The data will be collected from the students who are studying for 2nd 7. MS. SONAL SHARMA IST YEAR MSC NURSING SARVODAYA COLLEGE OF NURSING. AGRAHARA DASARAHALLI ,MAGADI MAIN ROAD ,BANGALORE SARVODAYA COLEGE OF NURSING IST YEAR MSC NURSING Medical Surgical Nursing. 11 -06-2012 “A Study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding newer modalities of Angioplasty among students at selected schools of nursing, Bangalore.” and 3rd year General Nursing and Midwifery course (GNM) in selected schools of nursing at Bangalore. 7.2.Method of data collection: Self Administered questionnaire 7.3 Does the study require any investigations or interventions to be conducted on the patients or other humans or animals? No 7.4. Has ethical clearance been obtained from your institution? Yes 8 LIST OF REFERENCES Enclosed 1 RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA, BANGALORE. PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DISSERTATION 1. NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND Ms SONAL SHARMA. IST YEAR MSC NURSING ADDRESS SARVODAYA COLLEGE OF NURSING. MAGADI MAIN ROAD AGRAHARA DASARAHALLI ,BANGALORE 2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTION SARVODAYA COLLEGE OF NURSING 3. COURSE OF THE STUDY AND IST YEAR MSC NURSING SUBJECT MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 4. DATE OF ADMISSION OF COURSE 5. TITLE OF THE TOPIC 11-06-2012 “A Study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding newer modalities of Angioplasty among students at selected schools of nursing, Bangalore.” 2 BRIEF RESUME OF INTENTED WORK 6.0 INTRODUCTION "The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat." Albert Eisntein Health is related deeply to life-style. Ideal health will however, always remains a mirage, because everything in our life is subject to change. Health may be described as a potentiality—the ability of an individual or a social group to modify himself or itself continually, in the face of changing conditions of life not only, in order to function better in the present but also to prepare for the future.1 The heart is a muscular organ, that is about the size of owns fist. It pumps blood around body and beats approximately 70 times a minute. After the blood leaves the right side of the heart, it goes to lungs where it picks up oxygen. The oxygen-rich blood returns to heart and is then pumped to the organs of body through a network of arteries. The blood returns to heart through veins before being pumped back to lungs again. This process is called circulation. The heart gets its own supply of blood from a network of blood vessels on the surface of heart, called coronary arteries.2 Cardiovascular disease refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, principally cardiac disease, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney, and peripheral arterial disease. The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse but atherosclerosis and hypertension are the most common. Over time, the walls of arteries can become furred up with fatty deposits, This process is known as atherosclerosis and the fatty deposits are called atheroma. Coronary arteries become 3 narrow due to a build-up of atheroma, the blood supply to heart will be restricted. This can cause angina (chest pains).If a coronary artery becomes completely blocked, it can cause myocardial infarction (Heart attack).3 Cardiovascular diseases remain the biggest cause of deaths worldwide, though over the last two decades, cardiovascular mortality rates have declined in many high-income countries. At the same time, cardiovascular deaths and disease have increased at a fast rate in low- and middle-income countries. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the UK's biggest killer, around one in five men and one in seven women die from the disease. CHD causes around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year. In the UK, there are an estimated 2.6 million people living with the condition and angina affects 2 million people. CHD affects more men than women, and with age it increases.(2,3) Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as coronary angioplasty or Percuteneous Transluminal coronary angioplasty(PTCA), is a nonsurgical procedure used to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. These stenotic segments are due to the build up of cholesterol-laden plaques that form due to atherosclerosis. angioplasty is a relatively new procedure introduced in the late 1970's by Andreas Gruentzig. During PCI, a cardiologist feeds a deflated balloon or other device on a catheter from the inguinal femoral artery or radial artery up through blood vessels until they reach the site of blockage in the heart. X-ray imaging is used to guide the catheter threading. At the blockage, the balloon is inflated to open the artery, allowing blood to flow. A stent is often placed at the site of blockage to permanently open the artery. This allows more blood and oxygen to be delivered to the heart muscle. When successful, PTCA can relieve chest pain of angina, improve the prognosis of patients with unstable angina, and minimize or stop a heart 4 attack without having the patient undergo open heart coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.4 Various new technical devices are available for effective angioplasty. These include the use of the excimer laser for photo ablation of plaque (blockage) and rotational atherectomy (use of a high-speed diamond-encrusted drill) for mechanical ablation of plaque with or without stent. Both are very effective for complicated disease conditions of arteries. Laser angioplasty is similar to balloon angioplasty, but instead of a balloon tipped catheter, one with a laser at the tip is used. The laser is guided to the blockage, then used to destroy the plaque layer by layer vaporising it into gaseous partical. This technique utilizing a laser coupled to a catheter which is used in the dilatation of occluded blood vessels. This includes laser thermal angioplasty where the laser energy heats up a metal tip, and direct laser angioplasty where the laser energy directly ablates the occlusion. One form of the latter approach uses an excimer laser which creates microscopically precise cuts without thermal injury. Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of percutaneous laser coronary angioplasty is adequate to support the use of this procedure in carefully selected patients for whom conventional angioplasty would otherwise be technically difficult. Percutaneous laser coronary angioplasty has been used for CAD with severe stenosis or atherosclerotic occlusion, when standard techniques for recannalisation are unlikely to succeed or have failed. . This procedure is often used with adjunctive balloon angioplasty and followed by angiography to document the results (5, 6) 5 Percutaneous transluminal coronary rotational atherectomy (PTCRA) is one of the newer cardiac interventional devices introduced to relieve the burden of coronary artery stenoses by myocardial revascularisation and was devised to improve upon existing percutaneous coronary revascularization procedures. High-speed rotational atherectomy was introduced in the early 1980s by David Auth. Percutaneous transluminal coronary rotational atherectomy (PTCRA) is a similar technique to coronary angioplasty. However, rather than using a balloon and a stent to expand the artery, a small diamond cutter is first used to remove the fatty deposit that is blocking the artery It is usually used when the coronary artery has a high level of calcium in it. Calcium makes the artery very hard and can prevent balloons or stents expanding properly to relieve the narrowing. Once the small diamond cutter has been used, the artery is then treated with balloons and stents as normal.7 Rotational atherectomy works by debulking plaque and calcified lesions into small particles (approximately 5 micrometers) which pass into the capillary circulation, where they are thought to be scavenged by the reticuloendothelial system. The device itself consists of a brass burr coated with diamond chips measuring 30 to 120 mcm in diameter. Available in various sizes from 1.25 to 2.50 mm, the burr is selected to match the diameter of the vessel being treated. The burr is welded to a drive shaft. On rotation, the burr selectively removes hard tissue, soft tissue being deflected by the elastic recoil of normal segments of vessel. The device was developed in the late 1980s Ritchie 1987; Ahn 1988; Hansen 1988a; Hansen 1988b and first used in humans shortly thereafter Erbel 1989a; Erbel 1989b;Fourrier 1989. Following local anesthesia, sheaths are inserted into the femoral artery and vein. An appropriately shaped, large lumen guiding catheter with side-holes is 6 positioned in the ostium of the coronary artery. If the lesion to be treated is located in the right coronary or a dominant left circumflex coronary artery, a temporary pacing electrode is positioned in the right ventricular apex. Under fluoroscopy, the steerable guidewire is advanced through the stenosis and directed into the distal part of the coronary artery. The device is then advanced along the guidewire and placed just above the stenosis. If resistance is encountered, shown by a fall in rotational speed (as measured in revolutions per minute), the tip is withdrawn slightly and then advanced again in order to maintain the high speed rotation Ramsdale 1997.3 NEED FOR THE STUDY Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single largest cause of death in the developed countries and is one of the leading causes of disease burden in developing countries. In 2001 there were 7.3 million deaths due to CHD worldwide. Three-fourths of global deaths due to CHD occurred in the low- and middle-income countries.(2) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) currently accounts for nearly half of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs have overtaken communicable diseases as the world's major disease burden, with CVD remaining the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year, a number that is expected to grow to >23.6 million by 2030.8 Cardiovascular diseases are major causes of mortality and disease in the Indian subcontinent, causing more than 25% of deaths. It has been predicted that these diseases will increase rapidly in India and this country within the next 15 years. Coronary heart disease and stroke have increased in both urban and rural areas. The anticipated rise in CVD mortality, based solely on demographic shifts of population age 7 profile, is staggering. It has been projected, for example, that mortality attributable to “circulatory system diseases” in India would rise by 103% in men and by 90% in women during the period 1985 to 2015.21 By 2015, these diseases are expected to account for 34% of all male deaths and 32% of all female deaths in India.9 Angioplasty having some advantage over traditional practices .It is successful in getting rid of chest pain and in preventing a heart attack or death. It is an easier procedure, Recovery is much shorter and less painful, requiring a one- or two-day hospital stay, compared to a stay for a week or more for bypass surgery. Some hospitals are now performing angioplasty on low-risk patients in the morning and sending them home the same day. Angioplasty can be performed under local anaesthesia, as opposed to general anaesthesia, which is needed for bypass surgery. There are more risks associated with general anesthesia.The chest do not need to be opened, an advantage that substantially reduces pain, recovery time, and scarring. There is no need to use a heartlung machine; this type of machine makes bypass surgery easier to do but increases the possibility of stroke.10 Failure to cross a chronic total occlusion with a guide wire accounts for 80% of unsuccessful procedures. This limitation is extremely important because all currently available devices require initial crossing of the occlusion with a guide wire. Preliminary data suggest that several rotational, laser, and ultrasound devices maybe capable of recanalizing 30-50% occlusions resistant to PTCA guide wires. Treatment options for patients with CAD with severe stenosis or occlusion include thrombolysis, percutaneous balloon angioplasty, stent placement, percutaneous cutting balloon or coronary artery bypass grafting. Very often, over time what initially is deposited as relatively soft, cholesterol-rich atheromatous material hardens into a calcified atherosclerotic plaque. 8 Such atheromas restrict the flow of blood, and therefore often are referred to as stenotic lesions or stenoses, the blocking material being referred to as stenotic material Rotational angioplasty procedures are a common technique for removing such stenotic material. Such procedures are used most frequently to commence the opening of calcified lesions in coronary arteries. Often the rotational angioplasty procedure is not used alone, but is followed by a balloon angioplasty procedure. This, in turn, may frequently be followed by placement of a stent to assist in keeping the artery open. Rotational angioplasty devices were utilized in removing the excessive scar tissue from the stents and, thereby were useful in restoring the patency of the arteries. Percutaneous laser coronary angioplasty has been used for CAD with sever stenosis or atherosclerotic occlusion, when standard techniques for recannalisation are unlikely to succeed or have failed.(11 ,12) A study was conducted to make comparison either excimer laser or rotational atherectomy can improve the initial angiographic and clinical outcomes compared with balloon angioplasty alone, 685 patients with symptomatic coronary disease warranting elective percutaneous revascularization for a complex lesion were randomly assigned to balloon angioplasty (n=222), excimer laser angioplasty (n=232), or rotational atherectomy (n=231) results showed patients who underwent rotational atherectomy had a higher rate of procedural success than those who underwent excimer laser angioplasty or conventional balloon angioplasty (89% versus 77% and 80%, P=.0019), but no difference was observed in major in-hospital complications (3.2% versus 4.3% versus 3.1%, P=.71). At the 6-month follow-up, revascularization of the original target lesion was performed more frequently in the rotational atherectomy group (42.4%) and the excimer laser group (46.0%) than in the angioplasty group 9 (31.9%, P=.013) Procedural success of rotational atherectomy is superior to balloon angioplasty.13 A study was conducted on the mechanisms and clinical results of excimer laser coronary angioplasty (ELCA) versus rotational atherectomy (RA), both followed by adjunct PTCA; 119 patients (158 ISR lesions) were treated with ELCA+PTCA and 130 patients (161 ISR lesions) were treated with RA+PTCA. Quantitative coronary angiographic and planar intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) measurements were performed routinely. In additi on, volumetric IVUS analysis to compare the mechanisms of lumen enlargement was performed in 28 patients with 30 lesions (16 ELCA+PTCA, 14 RA+PTCA).Despite certain differences in the mechanisms of lumen enlargement, both ELCA+PTCA and RA+PTCA can be used to treat diffuse ISR with similar clinical results.14 A study conducted on the limitations of balloon angioplasty stimulated the development of alternative revascularization approaches such as laser angioplasty. PTCA is best suited for the treatment of discrete atherosclerotic stenoses, with lower success rates and more difficult application in patients with diffuse atherosclerotic disease or total occlusions . In contrast to balloon angioplasty where the plaque material is compressed or displaced, laser angioplasty ablates the plaque material . This bulk removal of plaque material could improve acute procedural success rates, decrease complication rates, treat "untreatable" lesions, and decrease restenosis rates. Because laser energy can vaporize atherosclerotic plaque, there may be no requirement for a preexisting channel, and therefore laser angioplasty may have a high success rate for the 10 treatment of coronary occlusions. This applicability for the treatment of diffuse atherosclerotic disease would offer treatment opportunities currently unavailable with conventional bypass surgery or angioplasty. 15 An experimental study was conducted to assess the learning needs of the nursing students on the care of patient with heart failure. An online interactive heartfailure module was developed and integrated into a medical-surgical nursing course to assist students in learning how to care for patients with heartfailure. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the integration of an online heart failure module improved baccalaureate nursing student’s knowledge on self-management of heart failure. Among 235 students, significant improvement of heart failure of knowledge on self-management of heart failure was observed. Students had problems mastering knowledge of weight monitoring, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, symptoms to report to physicians, and potassium-based salt substitutes. These findings were similar to four studies examining nurses' knowledge of heart failure. Students and nurses have difficulty mastering similar heart failure education concepts. An additional strategy, such as simulated or case scenarios, needs to be developed to help nurses and nursing students master all key concepts of heart failure self-management.16 So the above studies show that, In future India will host half of the cases of CVD in world. mortality and morbidity rates are very high due to incidences and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases .For reducing the incidences of mortality and morbidity due to CVD the health care perssonel must have the knowledge regarding advanced care and newer modalities of treatment of cardiovascular diseases With the newer modalities like rotational and laser angioplasty it becomes more effective and 11 successful, because these techniques enhance the approach of angioplasty in complex coronary disease. So it is necessary to impart the knowledge regarding these newer modalities among nursing students to improve the quality of nursing care rendered by them in future. 6.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE A review of literature on the research topic makes research familiar with the existing studies & provides information which to base knowledge, it creates accurate picture of the foundation. The literature for present study is organized under the following headings: LITERATURE RELATED TO, 1. INCIDENCE AND PREVELANCE OF CARDIO VASCULAR DISEASE 2. LITERATURE RELATED TO NEWER MODALITIES OF ANGIOPLASTY (ROTATIONAL ANGIOPLASTY AND LASER ANGIOPLASTY) 3. LITERATURE RELATED TO STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NEWER MODALITIES OF ANGIOPLASTY 1. INCIDENCE & PREVELENCE OF CARDIO VASCULAR DISEASE There is a wide disparity in prevalence and cardiovascular disease mortality in different Indian state. A study was conducted to determine significance of various nutritional factors and other lifestyle variables in explaining this difference in cardiovascular disease mortality we performed an analysis. In 1998 the 12 annual death rate for India was 840/100,000 population. Cardiovascular diseases contribute to 27% of these deaths and its crude mortality rate was 227/100,000. Major differences in cardiovascular disease mortality rates in different Indian states were reported varying from 75-100 in sub-Himalayan states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim to a high of 360-430 in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Goa. There was a significant positive correlation of cardiovascular disease mortality with prevalence of obesity (R=0.37) and dietary consumption of fats (R=0.67), milk and its products (R=0.27) and sugars (R=0.51) and negative correlation with green leafy vegetable intake(R=-0.42)17 In an international cooperative study on the epidemiology of coronary heart disease teams examined 12, 770 men 40 to 59 years old in Finland, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the United States and Jugoslavia, who were re-examined 5 years later. In the United States of a total of 125 deaths during the 5 years 62 were due to coronary heart disease, in Finland 38 of 111, in the Netherlands 16 of 50, and in all other groups only about 1 in 8. Within countries there were no significant differences in incidence of the disorder between regions except in rural Finland where the east had significantly more than the west. There was a tendency for incidence to be related to the prevalence of hypertension, serum cholesterol values and saturated fatty acids in the diet.18 The Framingham Heart Study indicates that the incidence of congestive heart failure increases with age and is higher in men than in women. Hypertension and coronary heart disease are the two most common conditions predating its onset. Diabetes mellitus and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy are also associated with an increased risk of heart failure. During the 1980s, the annual age-adjusted incidence of 13 congestive heart failure among persons aged ≥ 45 years was 7.2 cases/1,000 in men and 4.7 cases/1,000 in women, whereas the age-adjusted prevalence of overt heart failure was 24/1,000 in men and 25/1,000 in women. Despite improved treatments for ischemic heart disease and hypertension, the age-adjusted incidence of heart failure has declined by only 11%/calendar decade in men and by 17%/calendar decade in women during a 40-year period of observation. In addition. Congestive heart failure remains highly lethal, with a median survival time of 1.7 years in men and 3.2 years in women and a 5-year survival rate of 25% in men and 38% in women.19 A prospective study on Relationship of plasma insulin levels to the incidence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease mortality in a middle-aged population shows that The possible role of plasma insulin levels as a risk factor of coronary heart disease has been studied in a population of 7246 non diabetic, working men, aged 43–54 years, initially free from heart disease, and followed for 63 months on average. 128 new coronary heart disease events (non fatal myocardial infarction and coronary related deaths) were detected during this period. The annual risk is analysed by a multivariate model including age, serum cholesterol and triglycerides, blood pressure, smoking, obesity, plasma glucose and insulin fasting and 2 hours after a 75 g oral glucose load. It is shown that the fasting plasma insulin level and the fasting insulinglucose ratio are positively associated with risk independent of the other factors. The same variables, 2 hours after the glucose load are also positively associated with risk but their contributions are not significant in the multivariate analysis. It is concluded that high insulin levels may constitute an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease complications in middle aged non diabetic .20 14 A study to investigate the levels of prevalence of cardiovascular disease and management of major cardiovascular risk factors in two villages in rural Andhra Pradesh, India. A cross-sectional survey was done by selecting a random sample stratified by age and gender from each village using census lists compiled in 2002. For each individual, trained study staff administered a Telugu-translation of a structured questionnaire, performed a brief physical examination and collected a fasting venous blood sample. Weighted estimates of mean (or percentages with) risk factor levels in the population were calculated and are reported with confidence intervals unless otherwise specified. Results: Data was collected from 345 adults aged 20 to 90. The average household size was 4.2 and the mean combined household income was about Indian Rupees 25,454 (US$580) per year. The mean systolic blood pressure was 116 (114-117) mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure 73 (114-120) mm Hg, total cholesterol 4.6 (4.5-4.7) mmol/L, HDL-cholesterol 0.8 (0.8-0.9) mmol/L, LDL-cholesterol 3.2 (3.1-3.3) mmol/ L and triglyceride 1.3 (1.2-1.4) mmol/L. The prevalence of current smoking was 19.9% (15.424.4%), hypertension 20.3% (16.2-24.4%), diabetes 3.7% (1.8-5.5%), overweight 16.9% (12.3-21.5%) and obesity 4.4% (1.9-6.8%). A medical diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (previous heart attack, stroke or angina) was reported by 2.5% (1.1-3.9%) and a further 1.1% (0.1-2.1%) had angina by the 'Rose' classification. The possibility of increasing cardiovascular risk factors and prevalence of vascular disease in areas of rural India represent a public health concern. Larger and repeated epidemiological studies focusing on chronic diseases are required to inform treatment and prevention strategies suitable for use in these areas and other resource poor settings.21 15 2.LITERATURE RELATED TO NEWER MODALITIES OF ANGIOPLASTY (rotational angioplasty and laser angio plasty) A preliminary report was published on Percutaneous coronary rotational angioplasty trial on humans, the trial was attempted on 12 patients. The procedure was performed with a flexible rotating shaft with an abrasive tip, varying in diameter from 1.25 to 3.5 mm, tracking along a central guide wire. Among the 12 patients (mean age 58 years), 4 had a stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery and 8 a stenosis in the right coronary artery. After the guide wire crossed the stenosis, the abrasive tip was slowly advanced and several passes across the stenosis were made. The residual stenosis was measured with computerized automatic quantitative coronary angiography. Success was defined as a reduction of percent stenosis by >20%. If residual stenosis remained significant (>50%), the procedure was completed by balloon dilation. The device could not be inserted in 2 of the 12 patients.Five of the 10 patients underwent rotational angioplasty alone, and 5 had the procedure completed by balloon dilation. The stenosis was significantly enlarged from 0.56 ± 0.31 mm to 1.26 ± 0.28 mm. The outline of the vessel appeared smooth and regular.There were no complications related to the procedure and all patients were free of symptoms when discharged 2 to 3 days after the procedure. Thus, coronary rotational angioplasty is a simple and safe procedure allowing marked dilation of the narrowed segment. However, long-term follow-up is required for further evaluation22 A study was conducted, in the study sequential intravascular ultrasound imaging was used before intervention, after rotational atherectomy and after adjunct 16 balloon angioplasty to characterize the mechanisms of lumen enlargement after each. Forty-eight lesions in 46 patients were treated with rotational atherectomy followed by adjunct balloon angioplasty in 44. Quantitative coronary arteriographic and intravascular ultrasound measurements of the target lesion were made before intervention, after rotational atherectomy and after balloon angioplasty Sequential intravascular ultrasound imaging shows that high speed rotational atherectomy causes lumen enlargement by selective ablation of hard, especially calcific, atherosclerotic plaque with little tissue disruption and rare arterial expansion. Adjunct balloon angioplasty further increased lumen area by a combination of arterial dissection and arterial expansion, especially of compliant, noncalcified plaque elements.23 This study was performed to determine the relation of patient characteristics, stenosis morphology, and operator technique to procedural outcome to gain insight into which patients might be best treated with this device. Four hundred stenoses from 316 patients randomly selected from the initial Rotablator experience at three major referral institutions were analyzed.. Procedural success was achieved in 89.8% of stenoses , and major ischemic complications (death, 0.3%; non-Q-wave myocardial infarction, occurred in 8.9% of patients. The procedural outcome of rotational atherectomy is highly correlated with stenosis morphology and location and sex of the patient. After stratification for these parameters, overall outcome with the Rotablator appears to be similar to that with balloon angioplasty and other competing techniques.24 17 A study conducted for a systematic overview (meta-analysis) of randomized trials of balloon angioplasty versus coronary atherectomy, laser angioplasty, or cutting balloon atherotomy to evaluate the effects of plaque modification during percutaneous coronary intervention. Sixteen trials (9,222 patients) constitute the randomized controlled experience with atherectomy, laser, or atherotomy versus balloon angioplasty with or without coronary stenting. Each trial tested the hypothesis that ablative therapy would result in better clinical or angiographic results than balloon dilation alone. mechanical approaches involving plaque ablation or sectioning have not been associated with improved clinical outcomes or lower restenosis in randomized trials. New innovations in tissue ablation should be identified before any new large clinical trials are launched. The solution to the problem of restenosis in native coronary arteries will likely come not from mechanical removal of atheromatous plaque, but from vascular brachytherapy or molecular interventions such as drug-eluting stents that alter vascular biology .25 3. LITERATURE KNOWLEDGE RELATED REGARDING TO NURSING NEWER STUDENTS MODALITIES OF ANGIOPLASTY Excelsior College, partnered with the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools conducted a study that assessed self-perceptions of nursing knowledge and the clinical needs of international nurses. The Clinical Competency Survey developed for this study was used to measure perceived proficiency in activities related to safe and effective nursing practice. These included conducting physical 18 assessments, planning nursing care, administering medications, performing treatments, managing specific disease conditions, and using technology. Analyses indicate that international nurses perceived themselves to be less proficient in cardiac assessment and interventions and the use of technology and more proficient in wound and skin management and general physical assessments26 A survey on trends in smoking, diet, physical exercise, and attitudes toward health in European university students, was carried out of university students from 13 European countries (Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain) in 1990 (4,701 men, 5,729 women) and repeated in 2000 (4,604 men, 5,732 women). smoking, exercise, fruit and fat intake, beliefs in the importance of behaviors for health, and awareness of the influence of behaviors on heart disease risk were assessed in study.The differences in health behaviors, beliefs, and risk awareness between the two surveys were disappointing in this educated sector of young adult Europeans. The association between changes in beliefs and prevalence of behavior emphasizes the importance of enhancing positive attitudes to healthier lifestyles.27 A retrospective study on educational programme on Patients' and nurses' knowledge of cardiac-related symptoms and cardiac misconceptions. The goal was to educate both nurses and patients about the American Heart Association's Get-With-the-Guidelines Program for Coronary Artery Disease. The educational strategies were successful, and data revealed an increase in nursing knowledge of core measures. After a two-phase study, the program was eventually rolled out hospital-wide. The study results show 19 that nurses' compliance with and knowledge of the AHA core measures increased as a direct result of the study.28 6.2.1STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM “A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding newer modalities of Angioplasty among students at Selected Schools of Nursing, Bangalore. ’’ 6.3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 1. To assess the knowledge regarding newer modalities of angioplasty among students before and after structured teaching programme. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding newer modalities of angioplasty among students. 3. To determine the association between post test knowledge on newer modalities of angioplasty among students and selected demographic variable. 6.3.1OPERATIONAL DEFINITONS 1. EFFECTIVENESS: Refers to the extent to which the structured teaching programme has helped in gaining knowledge on newer modalities of angioplasty such as rotational and laser angioplasty after administering structured teaching programme among students assessed by response to structured knowledge questionnaire. 2. STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME: Refers to systematic planned group instructions designed to provide information on anatomy and physiology of cardio vascular system, definition, indications, contraindications, procedure, pre and post 20 procedural nursing care of newer modalities of angioplasty by lecture cum discussion method for 45 minutes using AV aids such as LCD projector, flash cards and charts. 3. NEWER MODALITIES OF ANGIOPLASTY: refers to newly developed techniques of angioplasty, which are used for reopening of narrowed or blocked arteries in the heart (coronary arteries) without major surgery such as Rotational angioplasty and laser angioplasty. 4. STUDENTS: Refers to students who are studying for 2nd and 3rd year General Nursing and Midwifery course (G.N.M ) in selected school of nursing at Bangalore 5. SELECTED SCHOOLS OF NURSING :Sarvodaya Schools of nursing, Bangalore. 6.3.2 ASSUMPTION: It is assumed that students may have some knowledge regarding newer modalities of angioplasty. 6.3.3 HYPOTHESES: H1 – There is a significant improvement in knowledge regarding newer modalities of angioplasty. H2 – There is significant association between knowledge scores and selected sociodemographic variables. 21 6.3.4 SAMPLING CRITERIA: Inclusion Criteria Students who are : 1. willing to participate in study. 2. available at the time of data collection. Exclusion Criteria Students who are: 1. Already diagonosed with cardio vascular disease. 6.3.5 DELIMITATION 1. Study is delimited to 4 weeks 7. MATERIALS AND METHODS 7.1 SOURCE OF DATA: Data will be collected from students who are studying for 2nd and 3rd year General Nursing and Midwifery course (GNM) in selected schools of nursing at Bangalore. METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION: o Research Approach : Evaluative approach o Research Design : Quasi experimental Design o Setting : Sarvodaya Schools of Nursing at Bangalore o Population : All students in selected schools 22 : Students studying for 2nd and 3rd year o Sample General nursing and Midwifery course (GNM) in selected schools of nursing at Bangalore. o Sample size : 60 (sixty) o Sampling technique : Simple Random Sampling o Method of Data Collection : Self Administered Questionnaire o Tool for data collection : Structured Knowledge Questionnaire o Method of analysis : The researcher will use descriptive and Inferential statistics and present in the form of tables ,graphs and diagrams. Demographic variables will be analyzed by frequency and percentage distribution. The level of the knowledge will be analyzed by mean and standard deviation. The effectiveness of structured teaching programme will be analyzed by paired ‘t’ test. The association between demographic variables and knowledge regarding newer modalities of angioplasty will be analyzed by using Chi-Square test. o Duration of the study : 4 weeks o Research variable Dependent variable : Knowledge of students regarding newer modalities of angioplasty Independent variable : Structured teaching programme on newer modalities of angioplasty. 23 Demographic variables : age, religion, type of family, gender, previous education, present placement o Projected outcome : The study will be successful in improving the knowledge of students regarding newer modalities of angioplasty which will help them to upgrade their knowledge and improve the quality of nursing care rendered by them professionally. Does the study require any investigation or interventions to be conducted on patients or other human or animals? - NO. Has ethical clearance been obtained from institution? Yes . Ethical clearance is enclosed with this. 24 LIST OF REFERENCES 1. 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