The Effectiveness of Interactive Nursing Education Program Through Health Belief Model Based and Informative Technology-assisted on Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments: Other: Patient education related oral anticoagulants (OACs)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05145634

103-5623B

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examined patients on taking oral anticoagulants (OACs) are often prescribed for Atrial fibrillation (AFib) to determine the effectiveness of a multiple interactive health education program, which was developed based on the health belief model (HBM) and incorporated information technologies.

Full description

A randomized controlled study was conducted on the cardiology outpatients. The patients were recruited through purposive sampling. The participants had been diagnosed with AFib and were receiving OACs. The participants were divided according to the blocks of clinic hours and assigned randomly to the experimental group or control group. The control variables involved demographic characteristics and medical history. The dependent variables and corresponding research instruments were medication knowledge and health beliefs, medication satisfaction and quality of life (QoL). Other than the medication knowledge questionnaire, which was assessed monthly, all the measurement instruments were applied twice: first in a pretest, and again in a posttest administered at the third month. The interventions administered to the experimental group were one-on-one instruction and HBM-driven strategies, health information technology system, monthly telephone follow-ups, and providing medication cards. The participants in the control group only received brochure and medication cards.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of Atrial Fibration by a physician and taking oral anticoagulant as treatment
• 20years old or older
• clear consciousness for communication
• willingness to participate in research.

Exclusion criteria

• can not communicate clearly
• without willingness to participate in research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational group

Experimental group

Description:

The interventions administered to the experimental group were one-on-one instruction and Health Brief Model (HBM)-driven strategies, health information technology system, monthly telephone follow-ups, and providing medication cards.

Treatment:

Other: Patient education related oral anticoagulants (OACs)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in the control group only received brochure and medication cards.