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Cardiovascular nurses and allied health professionals predominantly use educational interventions to enhance medication adherence, despite evidence that behavioral interventions are more effective. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

November 21, 2010European Journal of Cardiovascular NursingOpen Access

Which Interventions are Used by Health Care Professionals to Enhance Medication Adherence in Cardiovascular Patients? A Survey of Current Clinical Practice

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Why the study?

What strategies do cardiovascular nurses and allied health professionals utilize to assess and enhance medication adherence in cardiovascular patients?

Population

137 cardiovascular nurses and allied health professionals in direct clinical practice attending a European…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

LBLut BerbenUniversity Children’s Hospital Basel LBLaura BogertRutgers, The State University of New Jersey MLMarcia LeventhalKlinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen

Discussion

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Implication

Cardiovascular professionals predominantly use educational strategies; leaves open gaps in adopting evidence-based behavioral interventions for adherence.

Structured PICO

What strategies do cardiovascular nurses and allied health professionals utilize to assess and enhance medication adherence in cardiovascular patients?

Population

137 cardiovascular nurses and allied health professionals in direct clinical practice attending a European Society of Cardiology conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

Intervention

A 45-item questionnaire assessing adherence assessment and interventional strategies.

Outcome

Strategies utilized to assess patients' adherence to medication regimen and enhance medication adherence.

Despite evidence favoring behavioral interventions, cardiovascular health professionals most frequently rely on educational strategies like providing reading materials to enhance medication adherence.

Cite This Study

Berben et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fa715d6e86cc72f072181 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.10.004

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Women and heart disease Cardiovascular prevention

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Cardiovascular professionals predominantly use educational strategies; leaves open gaps in adopting evidence-based behavioral interventions for adherence.

Which Interventions are Used by Health Care Professionals to Enhance Medication Adherence in Cardiovascular Patients? A Survey of Current Clinical Practice

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Which Interventions are Used by Health Care Professionals to Enhance Medication Adherence in Cardiovascular Patients? A Survey of Current Clinical Practice

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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