Effects of a hospital–community partnership transitional program in patients with coronary heart disease in Chengdu, China: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

This study is an original effort to establish and evaluate a hospital-community partnership transitional care program in patients with coronary heart disease in China and the findings have demonstrated its effects.

Cardioprotective medication adherence among patients with coronary heart disease in China: a systematic review

“…As a result, patients in the intervention group showed significantly better understanding of the importance of medication adherence and improved medication adherence 41. Similarly, in the study conducted by Zhao et al ,42 Cao et al ,43 and Zhao and Wong,44 healthcare providers gave medical directions and explained the importance of taking cardioprotective medications to patients. The result was that the medication adherence rate was higher in the pharmaceutical care group 42…”

“…In the programme, family physicians and home nurses made structured telephone calls after patient discharge to reinforced health self-management behaviours and remind timely outpatient visits to hospital, whereas patients in the control group received routine care. Cao et al 43 found that the intervention group had significantly higher medication adherence scores than the control group at 30 days and 90 days after discharge.…”

“…Patients who received the intervention demonstrated a significantly better performance in medication adherence 40. Similarly, Cao et al 43 conducted a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a hospital–community partnership transitional programme on medication adherence. In the programme, family physicians and home nurses made structured telephone calls after patient discharge to reinforced health self-management behaviours and remind timely outpatient visits to hospital, whereas patients in the control group received routine care.…”

A review of prospective registration of trials published in nursing science journals in 2017

“…The registration status of five included trials was indeterminate (Cao, Tian, Chen, & Jiang, ; Cobbing, Hanass‐Hancock, & Myezwa, ; Jensen, Kiesbye, Soendergaard, Jensen, & Kristensen, ; Salameh et al, ; Valiee, Razavi, Aghajani, & Bashiri, ). When we checked the registration status of the Cobbing et al () trial, the registration number in the paper was not listed in the registry (South African National Clinical Trials Registry).…”

“How can SCAI and industry partners increase adherence and educate interventionalists on optimal medical therapy?”

“…Patient involvement with individualized discharge plans and the clear identification and setting of treatment goals can facilitate initiation and implementation of the treatment regimen. Finally, regularly scheduled (monthly) telephone or in‐person follow‐up visits with pharmacists, nurses, health care counselors, or physicians to review goals, reconcile medications, identify and address adverse effects and other hinderances, and provide and reinforce patient education may further improve medication adherence …”