Abstract
Context: Although most of the patients with ischemic heart diseases (IHD) are treated according to the guidelines, adequacy of the knowledge about their treatment is questionable. Aims: The study was aimed to explore the patients' awareness of their disease, state of pharmacological adherence, and the knowledge of their further advance therapeutic options on patients who were subjected to medical management following myocardial infarction (MI). Settings and Design: This study design was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted at Cardiology Unit, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka in 2015. Pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire and patients' health records were used to collect the data. All the patients who had MI and currently on medical management were included in the study. Patients who had a percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft surgeries were excluded from the study. Statistical Analysis Used: Data analysis was performed by SPSS version 19 statistical package. P
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