IRCT2016010425842N1 IRCT 2016-04-01 Vice Chancellor for Research of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Illness perception correction in patients with coronary artery disease Effect of an educational intervention based on illness perception correction on control of some risk factors and incidence of acute coronary syndrome in patients with coronary artery disease 2015-03-08 anticipated 100 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/21573 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. N/A Condition 1: Coronary artery disease. Condition 2: Acute coronary syndrome. Intervention 1: In control group no intervention was done.These patients just received routine care of the unit (routine nursing Care including carrying out doctors' orders, brief explanation on diet and medications at time of discharge). Intervention 2: In intervention group, an intervention on the basis of correcting the patient’s perception of the illness was carried out for three 30-40 minute sessions during hospitalization. The intervention was individually through the face-to-face conversation according to the response of each patient to the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised version. On discharge, the patients were supplied with an education booklet and CD. Then, the intervention group was followed up by telephone contacts for 20 to 30 minutes for three months after discharge. In this follow-up, the appropriate behaviors of the patients were encouraged, the benefits of adopting these behaviors were emphasized, and finally their questions were answered.