Z92.1 I26 I63 I80 Z29.9 I48.19
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: intervention group: 180 patients who will attend a video-assisted education program for oral anticoagulation consisting of a video, individual education and a brochure.
Group 2: control group
Sponsors
Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria are: - patients aged 18 or over, receiving OAT and are willing to participate in the study - in case of dependent patients both they and their care-givers (e.g. care-giving relatives) are willing
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: - inability to give informed consent and no care giver willing to participate in the study - nursing home residents - patients only seen in cross cover practices - patients insufficient to command of German language.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The aim of this study is to improve patient knowledge about oral anticoagulation. The primary outcome is the number of correctly answered questions from the questionnaire which assesses the knowledge about oral anticoagulation. This questionnaire will be filled out at the beginning of the study, after 4 weeks and after 6 months of patients from both study arms. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are time spent in therapeutic range, subjective feeling of safety and complications related to OAT. We will evaluate patient records for INR-level in the last 12 months and complications in the patient history in the last 6 months.Subjective feeling of safety will be evaluated by a questionnaire after 6 months.All data will be collected by the practice nurses and will be sent coded to our study center. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJean-François Chenot
Abteilung AllgemeinmedizinUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald
Outcome results
None listed