Use of health services and perceived need for information and follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Few patients achieve full control of their coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors. Follow-up, such as cardiac rehabilitation, is important to increase adherence to lifestyle changes and treatment, to improve the patient's risk profile, and to treat established complications of CAD clinical events. However, the type of follow-up patients receive varies. Therefore, the aim of this research note was to describe and compare patients' self-reported use of health services, the type of follow-up patients reported to prefer, and the type of information patients reported to be important, in two countries with different follow-up practices after PCI.

Results

We included 3417 patients in Norway and Denmark, countries with different follow-up strategies after PCI. The resu

SUBMITTER: Hjertvikrem N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768322 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature