None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A health professional will deliver the standardised set of information about CVD medicines that are used to reduce the risk of future CVD events in people who have previously experienced a CVD or are at high risk of such an event in the next five years. They will use an interactive tablet application and a written resource during their sessions with the participants. We hypothesis that this will improve participants knowledge about CVD medications and will build their health literacy practices around CVD medications especially with regard to asking questions about their CVD medicines.
Interventions
This is an intervention about cardiovascular disease drugs. Participants will receive a standardised set of information about cardiovascular disease medicines during an interactive
session (using an specially designed Android tablet application and a booklet) with a nurse. The booklet can be
taken away by the participants. The session will be repeated twice (i.e. 3 times in total). The second session will take place one week after the first, and the last session will take place one month after t
This is an intervention about cardiovascular disease drugs. Participants will receive a standardised set of information about cardiovascular disease medicines during an interactive session (using an specially designed Android tablet application and a booklet) with a nurse. The booklet can be taken away by the participants. The session will be repeated twice (i.e. 3 times in total). The second session will take place one week after the first, and the last session will take place one month after the first session. Each session will be 40 - 60 minutes in duration. Outcome measures will be done before and after each session. We will collect blood pressure and lipid data from clinical records and demographic data. Participants will be asked to invite any whanau members they would like to attend the session. The following information is included in the written resource 1) for statins, beta blockers, ACE inhibitor and aspirin medication groups - why these medications are taken, how to take them, side effects, and how participants know if the medicines are working. 2) general information about cardiovascular disease - what it is, how it affects the heart and brain, what can be done to manage it,what is blood pressure, what is cholesterol; 3) how to read a medicine label, 4) questions for health professionals. The session involves an education session about the topics mentioned above. The app is used as an interactive teaching tool to assist in the delivery of information in these session. One function of the app is that, after the nurse and participant enter information about each of their medications, a pill card is printed out.
Sponsors
Dr Sue Crengle
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Member of indigenous ethnic group who have been diagnosed with angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, transient ischaemic attack or stroke. In Canada participants will also be eligible cardiovascular risk assessment score above the cut off (assessed as being at greater than or equal to 15% risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event in the next 10 years according Framingham General Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Scoring) AND are taking at least two of the following types of medicines: a statin; Aspirin; a beta blocker; an ACE inhibitor.
Exclusion criteria
Cognitive deficit, such as receptive or expressive aphasia, that interfere with the ability to participate in the intervention will not be eligible for the trial. Conditions that mean that the person is unable to give informed consent (e.g. acute psychotic illness, dementia).
Outcome results
None listed