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 .
Randomised controlled trial of follow up care in general practice of patients with myocardial infarction and angina: final results of the Southampton heart integrated care project (SHIP). The SHIP Collaborative Group.
OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a programme to coordinate and support follow up care in general practice after a hospital diagnosis of myocardial infa rct ion or angina . DESIGN R and omised controlled trial ; stratified r and om allocation of practice s to intervention and control groups . SETTING All 67 practice s in Southampton and south west Hampshire , Engl and . SUBJECTS 597 adult patients ( 422 with myocardial infa rct ion and 175 with a new diagnosis of angina ) who were recruited during hospital admission or attendance at a chest pain clinic between April 1995 and September 1996 . INTERVENTION Programme to coordinate preventive care led by specialist liaison nurses which sought to improve communication between hospital and general practice and to encourage general practice nurses to provide structured follow up . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Serum total cholesterol concentration , blood pressure , distance walked in 6 minutes , confirmed smoking cessation , and body mass index measured at 1 year follow up . RESULTS Of 559 surviving patients at 1 year , 502 ( 90 % ) were followed up . There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in smoking ( cotinine vali date d quit rate 19 % v 20 % ) , lipid concentrations ( serum total cholesterol 5.80 v 5.93 mmol/l ) , blood pressure ( diastolic pressure 84 v 85 mm Hg ) , or fitness ( distance walked in 6 minutes 443 v 433 m ) . Body mass index was slightly lower in the intervention group ( 27.4 v 28.2 ; P=0.08 ) . CONCLUSIONS Although the programme was effective in promoting follow up in general practice , it did not improve health outcome . Simply coordinating and supporting existing NHS care is insufficient . Ischaemic heart disease is a chronic condition which requires the same systematic approach to secondary prevention applied in other chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus
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 .