Background & Aims: Cardiac surgery and its side effects can have a serious effect on the patient and his family. Mental health problems can increase anxiety in the patient's family, and so it can aggravate the effective care of the patients. The use of a need-based training program on educational needs and priorities based on beliefs and culture of the patients' family seems logical. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of need-based training program on the anxiety of the families of the patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Materials and Methods: In this semi experimental study, 60 family members who had a patient having heart bypass were selected, and they were randomly assigned into the two groups of control (n = 30) and intervention (n= 30). In the intervention group, need-based training program was delivered to the caregivers of the patients who underwent an open-heart surgery. The program included face-to-face training in three half-hour sessions, and distributing booklets among them. The Spielberger anxiety questionnaire was used to collect the data. Independent and paired t-test was applied to compare the mean scores of the anxiety level. Results: Before the intervention, the anxiety score in the control group was 43/23 ± 12/473, while it was 46/03±11/ 275 in the intervention group, which was not significant statistically (p =0/365). After the intervention, the anxiety scores were 40/3±12/374 and 31/79± 6/16 in the control and intervention groups, respectively. The difference was significant statistically (p =0/002). Conclusion:  The results showed that needs-based training is effective in reducing anxiety in the families, therefore identification and assessment of psychological, social and educational needs of the patients' families should absolutely be considered in planning family education.

Keywords: Training on demand, anxiety, family, cardiac surgery, critical care

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