The Effect of Participatory Care Model on Sleep Quality and Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients Fahami Atefeh1, SHahmohammadi Maryam2, Poor Mojtaba Yaghoubi3 1MSc in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran 2Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Science, Ilam, Iran 3Shahid Behashti Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Online published on 5 May, 2018. Abstract Background In the last century, according to previous studies, aging has led to a growing trend. Among the problems created for this group, it is possible to increase the number of cardiovascular patients. Participatory care model is one of the nursing models that has been used in various studies and has had positive effects. Considering that this model is a native model of Iran. For this reason, the researcher conducted a study to determine the impact of participatory care model on the quality of sleep and quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease. Materials and method The present study was a quasi-experimental study in patients with cardiovascular diseases hospitalized in Ilam in 2016. PCM was implemented for patients. After completing the training provided to the patients according to the model of PCM, the collected questionnaires were entered into the SPSS software. Then the data entered was analyzed. Results According to the findings, after implementing the PCM, the status of quality of sleep and quality of life of the patients increased significantly. Conclusions It seems that in previous studies, the implementation of this model has been very useful and effective. Top Keywords Participatory care, Sleep quality, Quality of life, Cardiovascular patients. Top |