Interactive patient education via an audience response system in cardiac rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patient education and compliance play an important role in the success of rehabilitation in cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to analyze whether interactive learning methods, in this study, the audience response system with a "clicker," can improve the learning success of patients during and after their rehabilitation process.

Methods

In a randomized, prospective cohort study, a total of 260 patients were randomized to either an interactive training group using Athens audience response system or to a control group without the use of audience response system during the educational sessions. Patients were taught and tested on four different topics concerning their primary disease: heart failure, arterial hypertension, prevention of cardiovascular dis

SUBMITTER: Stoevesandt D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7453440 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature