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CompletedNCT04662762

A Nursing Intervention Program to Improve Therapeutic Adherence in Elderly People With Acute Myocardial Infarction

A Nursing Intervention Program Significantly Improves Therapeutic Adherence in Elderly People With Acute Myocardial Infarction: a Randomized Controlled Study

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
160 (actual)
Sponsor
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a nursing intervention on therapeutic adherence in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction compared to a control group

Detailed description

A comprehensive geriatric assessment was performed during the first admission in all patients. Patients were randomly allocated to a nursing intervention group or a usual care group. In patients from the intervention group, a nursing intervention programme was performed 3 months after admission, based on education, support and patient monitoring to improve therapeutic adherence and a 6 month phone call. The main outcome measured was therapeutic adherence at 12 months, as defined by a combination of adherence measurement tools (Morisky-Green and Hayness-Sacket scales, attendance at visits and withdrawal of medication from the pharmacy). Therapeutic adherence was assessed by nurses blinded to the assignment group.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERNursing intervention programmeeducational information

Timeline

Start date
2016-04-01
Primary completion
2020-02-28
Completion
2020-05-28
First posted
2020-12-10
Last updated
2020-12-14

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04662762. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.