title: [Patient education in the management of coronary heart disease].
abstract: The aim of the review was to assess the effect of patient education in ischaemic heart disease. Thirteen randomised controlled trials of moderate to good quality including 68,556 patients were selected. The effect on mortality, cardiac morbidity, hospitalisation and health-related quality of life was assessed and only non-significant tendencies of effect were found. The authors of the review nevertheless conclude that the review supports current rehabilitation programmes that include patient education. Further research in patient education, especially concerning the most effective methods of education delivery, is needed.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Herning, Gl. Landevej 61, 7400 Herning, Denmark. ole.may@vest.rm.dk
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012196:Review Literature as Topic