Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .
Behaviour therapy versus doctor's anti-smoking advice in diabetic patients.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of a structured behaviour therapy programme on smoking cessation in diabetic patients . DESIGN Prospect i ve , r and omized , controlled intervention study . SETTING University out-patient diabetes clinic . SUBJECTS A total of 794 consecutive insulin-treated smoking diabetic patients were invited to participate in a smoking cessation programme . Eighty-nine patients agreed to participate and were r and omized in two groups . INTERVENTIONS Forty-four patients were r and omized to a structured extensive behaviour therapy anti-smoking intervention and 45 patients to a  control group that received a single unstructured anti-smoking advice session given by a physician . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES After 6 months , nine patients were confirmed not to be smoking ( i.e. urine cotinine concentration below 20 ng ml-1 , 2 [ 5 % ] in the behaviour therapy intervention group and 7 [ 16 % ] in the control group . CONCLUSIONS In diabetic patients an extensive behaviour therapy intervention for smoking cessation is no more successful than an unstructured physician 's advice
Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .