Impact of nurse-initiated education on HeartScore in patients with hypertension: a randomised trial
| Autor: | Konstantinos Giakoumidakis, Hero Brokalaki, Nikolaos V Fotos, Anastasia A Chatziefstratiou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Nursing staff
business.industry Cardiovascular risk factors Middle Aged 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Intervention (counseling) Hypertension Humans Medicine Female In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Medical History Taking business HeartScore General Nursing |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Nursing. 30:722-728 |
| ISSN: | 2052-2819 0966-0461 |
| DOI: | 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.12.722 |
| Popis: | Background: People with hypertension experience significant damage to major organs due to insufficient management of cardiovascular risk factors. Aims: To assess the impact of nurse-led educational interventions on the total cardiovascular risk among people with hypertension. Method: the study was an interventional randomised study. The sample (n=92) was randomly assigned to the either the control or intervention group. The HeartScore tool was used to assess patients' total cardiovascular risk between December 2017 and March 2018. Findings: 56.6% of the control group and 55.4% of the intervention group were women, with a mean age of 64.4 years and 66.2 years respectively (P>0.05). Total cholesterol reduced in both groups; however, improvement was greater in the intervention group (P0.05), while the control group saw an increase in risk from 10.03 to 12.65 (P=0.035). Conclusion: Nurse-led educational interventions should be incorporated in the usual care of patients with hypertension, in order to achieve the best management of the condition. |
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