Reinforcement of patient education improved physicians' adherence to guideline-recommended medical therapy after acute coronary syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescription of guideline-recommended medicines after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has been suboptimal. Tools for improving the use of medications have been developed, but they mainly targeted physicians.

Objective

We evaluated the effects of reinforcement of patient and family education on the usage of guideline-recommended secondary prevention medications.

Methods

This was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected registry of patients with ACS who were admitted to a regional teaching hospital in Taiwan between February 2015 and April 2017. The control group included 76 patients discharged before implementing the electronic-based patient and family education (PFE) system. The intervention group included 206 patients discharged after implementa

SUBMITTER: Lee CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6553689 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature