Why the study?
Does an automated system of personalized educational reminders improve long-term adherence to secondary-prevention medications in post-STEMI patients?
Population
852 STEMI patients from one health region in Ontario who underwent an angiogram during their admission and…
Comparison
Automated system of personalized… vs Usual care (control).
Design
RCT, Cluster randomized (by primary care provider) to intervention or control
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Intervention may boost post-STEMI adherence; leaves open effects on outcomes and generalizability.
Does an automated system of personalized educational reminders improve long-term adherence to secondary-prevention medications in post-STEMI patients?
An automated system of personalized educational reminders sent to post-STEMI patients and their family physicians did not significantly improve 12-month persistence to guideline-recommended secondary prevention medications.
Schwalm et al. (2015) studied this question.
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