Clinical and medico-social effectiveness of therapeutic training of patients with atrial fibrillation

• Main Authors: A. V Muromkina, O. A Nazarova, Yu. V Intyakova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Concilium Medicum 2013-12-01
• Series: КардиоСоматика
• Subjects: atrial fibrillation; therapeutic education; patient awareness; treatment adherence; quality of life
• Online Access: https://cardiosomatics.orscience.ru/2221-7185/article/view/45008

Lack of efficacy of treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is partly due to their low adherence, stipulatedby a lack of disease awareness among the patients. The article describes a technique of therapeutic training of patients with atrial fibrillation, developed on the basis of Ivanovo State Medical Academy and its influence on patients' awareness about the disease, their treatment adherence and quality of life. Schooling for patients with atrial fibrillation also led to a decrease in the number of applications for inpatient and outpatient medical care due to the worsening of arrhythmia. Positive dynamics of these indicators was noted early after training, and also 3 years after its closure.