A training program for self-management of warfarin treatment was evaluated against routine care, though specific quantitative outcomes are not reported in the abstract.
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Is the training programme for self-management of warfarin treatment effective?
This paper reports on the effectiveness of a training program for patient self-management of warfarin, addressing a gap in UK guidelines regarding training standards.
Self management of warfarin treatment by patients, using a point of care coagulometer for testing international normalised ratios, is comparable to home glucose monitoring and may provide a robust model of service provision. 1 2 Self management can lead to improvements in patients' self efficacy, closer adherence to treatment, and increased control of treatment with oral anticoagulants. 3 We report data on the effectiveness of the training programme used for a clinical trial (self management of anticoagulation: a randomised trial, SMART) which aimed to evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness of self management compared with routine care. UK guidelines indicated that training to a standard acceptable is essential, although the nature of the training was not clearly defined.
Murray et al. (Thu,) conducted a rct in Warfarin treatment. Training program for self management of warfarin treatment vs. Routine care was evaluated on Effectiveness of the training programme. A training program for self-management of warfarin treatment was evaluated against routine care, though specific quantitative outcomes are not reported in the abstract.