Individualized Discharge Education in High-Risk Myocardial Infarction Patients

LACE (Length of stay, Acuity of admission, Comorbidity, Emergency department visits) Index: The LACE index was first developed by van Walraven et al. to estimate the risk of unplanned readmission or death within 30 days of hospital discharge in medical and surgical patients. The model was derived and validated based on administrative data with a C-statistic of 0.68. The model includes length of hospital stay (L), severity of admission (A), comorbidities of patients (C), and the number of emergency department visits within six months prior to admission (E). Scores ranging from "0" to "19" and greater than ten are considered a high risk for 30-day readmission. Higher scores indicate a high risk of readmission. This tool is widely used primarily due to its simplicity and usability in daily clinical practice.

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Information Needs Scale (NCPI-10): This scale is a 10-item scale that assesses the information needs of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) . The Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Tüllüce et al. in 2025. A four-point Likert scale was used to answer all items in the scale. The total score of each result is between 10-40. As the importance level score of the information need increases, the importance level for the patient increases. As the level of fulfillment of the information need score increases, the level of fulfillment of the needs increases. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scales was found to be 0.98 for the importance level of the information need and 0.98 for the degree of fulfillment.

The Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC-CHDI) was developed by Dickson et al. to assess the self-care levels of individuals with coronary heart disease. Its Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Bayrak and Oğuz (2020). The scale consists of 22 items and three sub-dimensions: maintaining self-care (10 items), managing self-care (6 items), and self-care confidence (6 items). Items are generally scored on a Likert scale from 1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=frequently, and 4=always, with some items in the self-care management sub-dimension being rated between 0 and 4. A total score is not obtained from the scale; each sub-dimension is evaluated separately, and higher scores indicate a better level of self-care. In the Turkish adaptation study, the Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the scale were found to be 0.63 for maintaining self-care, 0.76 for managing self-care, and 0.95 for self-care confidence.

Heart Quality of Life (HeartQoL) Scale: The Heart Quality of Life (HeartQoL) Scale was developed to measure quality of life in individuals with ischemic heart disease . A Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Duğan & Bektaş in 2020. The original scale included patients with angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and ischemic heart failure within ischemic heart disease. The scale consists of 14 items, divided into two sub-dimensions: physical (10 items; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14) and emotional characteristics (4 items; 9, 10, 11, 12). Each item in the HeartQoL Scale is scored between 0 and 3; 3 represents "no discomfort" and 0 represents "very discomfort". In the evaluation of the scale, high scores indicate the absence of dysfunction. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was found to be 0.88 overall, and between 0.74 and 0.87 in its sub-dimensions.

Personal Information Form: Prepared by researchers through a literature review, this form will include 22 questions covering socioeconomic and disease information, as well as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL, and BMI values.

The Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC-CHDI) was developed by Dickson et al. to assess the self-care levels of individuals with coronary heart disease. Its Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Bayrak and Oğuz (2020) . The scale consists of 22 items and three sub-dimensions: maintaining self-care (10 items), managing self-care (6 items), and self-care confidence (6 items). Items are generally scored on a Likert scale from 1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=frequently, and 4=always, with some items in the self-care management sub-dimension being rated between 0 and 4. A total score is not obtained from the scale; each sub-dimension is evaluated separately, and higher scores indicate a better level of self-care. In the Turkish adaptation study, the Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the scale were found to be 0.63 for maintaining self-care, 0.76 for managing self-care, and 0.95 for self-care confidence.

Heart Quality of Life (HeartQoL) Scale: The Heart Quality of Life (HeartQoL) Scale was developed to measure quality of life in individuals with ischemic heart disease . A Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Duğan & Bektaş in 2020. The original scale included patients with angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and ischemic heart failure within ischemic heart disease. The scale consists of 14 items, divided into two sub-dimensions: physical (10 items; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14) and emotional characteristics (4 items; 9, 10, 11, 12). Each item in the HeartQoL Scale is scored between 0 and 3; 3 represents "no discomfort" and 0 represents "very discomfort". In the evaluation of the scale, high scores indicate the absence of dysfunction. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was found to be 0.88 overall, and between 0.74 and 0.87 in its sub-dimensions .