The effectiveness of planned discharge education on health knowledge and beliefs in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trial

Patient Education Strategies among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

“…The total scores range from 0 to 28, which means the higher scores, the better methodological quality of the study. The study was categorized based on following cutoff points: Excellent (26)(27)(28), good (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), fair (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), and poor (≤14) based on the United States Preventive Services Task Force approach [16].…”

“…Nineteen studies were conducted across 11 countries, they were 13 in Asia (Iran: 6, Saudi Arabia: 1, Thailand: 1, Hong Kong: 1, China: 2, Korea: 1, and Jordan: 1), 5 in Europe (Ireland: 1, Czech Republic: 1, and Turkey: 3) and Australia (1). Among them, 12 studies were conducted as randomized controlled trial [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28]. The patient populations included adults hospitalized for first-time myocardial infarction, either with ST-segment elevation or with no ST-segment elevation and either had or not had percutaneous coronary intervention.…”

“…Primary outcomes measured in reviewed studies included sexual quality of life [17], need for rehospitalizations [29], quality of life [18], [20], [30], [31], [32], self-care [18], adherence to medication [19], [25], [33], control of cardiac risk factors [29], [30], [31], [34], self-efficacy [20], [27], coping [20], anxiety [21], eating behavior [22], lifestyle behaviors [23], [28], [31], [35], knowledge [24], [25], [26], [29], [35], attitudes [24], beliefs [24], [26], physical activity [33], angina level [33], functional status [27], and illness perception [28]. All of the studies, except two studies [20], [29] employed validated and reliable research tool(s) for measurement of the outcome(s) in their studies (Table 1).…”

“…Four of the patient educational intervention used face-to-face method only [17], [18], [21], [35] with four studies used face-to-face method in combination with telephone call(s), [24], [27], [28], [31] five studies [20], [22], [30], [32], [34] used combination of both face-to-face method and telephone call(s) with one other method such as the use of either consultation, workbook, or group meeting. Four studies used faceto-face method followed by the provision of written materials as medium for education such as either leaflet, book, or brochure [19], [26], [29], [33]. Another study used combination of face-to-face method, consultation, and provision of educational compact disk and book [23].…”

“…All (100%) of the studies started patient education during hospitalization, however, only 12 (63.16%) trials had some aspects of education delivered after discharge, whereas six (31.58%) studies did not execute follow-up intervention [17], [18], [19], [25], [26], [35] and one study did not indicate follow-up intervention [21]. The duration of education intervention ranged from 1 day to 12 months.…”