Oral anticoagulation with vitamin K inhibitors and determinants of successful self-management in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management may be an option to monitor oral anticoagulant therapy in health systems, but before recommending it, we need to assess patients' ability to take on this task. The purpose of the study was to describe patients' ability to self-manage and associated factors.

Methods

This was a 3-year prospective quasi-experimental study with a control group. Overall, 333 patients on anticoagulant therapy from seven primary care health centres of the Basque Health Service were included in the intervention group and followed up for 6 months after the intervention, assessing their ability to self-test and self-manage. The intervention consisted of a patient training programme, providing detailed information on their condition and its treatment, and practical training i

SUBMITTER: Tamayo Aguirre E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5022157 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature