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Clinical Pharmacist-led Discharge Education Service in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Interventions
Behavioral: Discharge Education Program
Registration Number
NCT05153707
Lead Sponsor
Marmara University
Brief Summary

To evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist-led discharge education service in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Detailed Description

This prospective, randomized controlled study was conducted in patients with acute coronary syndrome in an cardiology service of tertiary training and research hospital. The clinical pharmacist, within the scope of the discharge education services, provided medication reconciliation, medication review, individually prepared patient medicine (pill) card, patient education (based on Health Belief Model by using written material and video, and verbally \[by using Teach back method especially for patients with low health literacy\]) and counseling (using behavior change techniques based on The Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation Behavior model). The control group received standard care.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
177
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients admitted to the cardiology department due to acute coronary syndrome
  • Older than 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who transferred to another ward
  • Patients with active malignancy
  • Patients with alzheimer and/or dementia diagnosis
  • Patient with >%80 visual loss or deaf muteness reported at medical record

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Clinical Pharmacist-led discharge education programDischarge Education ProgramClinical pharmacist-led services
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
30 days hospital re-admission for cardiac reasons30 days

Proportion of patients readmitted to hospital for cardiac cause at 1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hospital re-admission for cardiac reasons3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients readmitted to hospital for cardiac cause through 1 year.

Emergency service visits1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients visited to emergency service through 1 year.

Hospital re-admission for any reasons1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients readmitted to hospital for any cause through 1 year.

Medication Adherence1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Adherence to Cardioprotective Medications (Clopidogrel, Statins, Beta-blockers, Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors/ Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) through 1 year assessed by Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS). MARS assesses adherence through 5-item, summed to give a scale score ranging from 5 to 25, where higher scores indicate higher levels of reported adherence.

Death for cardiac reason1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients died for cardiac cause through 1 year.

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients had major adverse cardiovascular event through 1 year.

Death for any reason1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Proportion of patients dying for any cause through 1 year.

Quality of Life Measurement1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Change in quality of life from baseline assessed with EuroQol questionnaire EQ-5D-3L through 1 year. (EQ-5D-3L) is a standardized scale for use as a measure of the quality of life. The EQ-5D-3L descriptive system comprises the following 5 dimensions (5D): mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels (3L): no problems (1 point), some problems (2 points), extreme problems (3 points).

This gives a total of 245 different health states, adding unconscious and dead.

Achieved Target Low-density Lipoprotein Value6 months, 12 months

Rate of patients achieved target low-density lipoprotein value

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marmara University

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Istanbul, Turkey

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