title: Use of an iPad to Provide Warfarin Video Education to Hospitalized Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of a warfarin educational video in the hospital setting and to determine patients' satisfaction with using an iPad to view a warfarin educational video.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective quality improvement project included adult (≥18 years of age) patients on warfarin in the hospital. All patients completed pre-video and post-video knowledge tests on the iPad before and after viewing the educational video on warfarin therapy. Patients also completed a patient satisfaction survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty hospitalized patients were educated using the warfarin video and included for analysis. The majority of patients were new to warfarin therapy (65%). Forty-three percent of patients passed the pre-video knowledge test, and 90% passed the post-video knowledge test (P < 0.001). No significant differences were observed among knowledge test scores when compared by age, sex, level of education, and use of central nervous system depressant medications. Most patients (82.5%) reported they liked using the iPad and found it easy to use. Patients who were younger (< 65 years) and female subjects reported they liked using the iPad more than older patients (P = 0.01) and male subjects (P = 0.02), respectively. Also, younger patients found the iPad easier to use compared with patients who were older (P = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Educating hospitalized patients about warfarin by using a video on an iPad was effective. Video education on an iPad may be an alternative to traditional education in the hospital setting.
authors: From the *PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) (currently, an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacogenomics, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy at Shenandoah University, Ashburn, Virginia); †Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UPMC; and ‡Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and Director of the Center for Pharmacoinformatics and Outcomes Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors: Jenny Jane
authors: JJ
authors: Kim
authors: Rima A
authors: RA
authors: Mohammad
authors: Kim C
authors: KC
authors: Coley
authors: Amy C
authors: AC
authors: Donihi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D061214:Patient Safety; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin