Patient Education Strategies among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

Abstract


 BACKGROUND: There is a need to summarize the effect of existing research-based education strategy on patients’ physical condition, health behaviour change, as well as psychosocial well-being in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
 AIM: to review and synthesis relevant studies on patient educational strategy and its effect on patients’ physical condition, health behaviour change, as well as psychosocial well-being in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
 METHODS: A literature search was conducted on MEDLINE, Academic Search Ultimate, CINAHL-EBSCO, and PubMed. Articles were selected by predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Assessment of methodological quality of each study was executed using The Downs and Black scale.
 RESULTS: Nineteen studies (3588 patients with myocardial infarction) were included. Educational intervention methods ranged from face-to-face method only, face-to-face method in combination with telephone call(s), the combination of both face-to-face method and telephone call(s) with one other method. Outcome measured on each study varied and the effectiveness of the intervention in at least one of their outcome measures demonstrated in 17 studies.
 CONCLUSIONS: Findings support the pivotal role of patient education on the management of myocardial infarction patient.
 
 Key-words: coronary heart disease, education, educational strategy, learning needs, systematic review