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Community health worker-based intervention for adherence to drugs and lifestyle change after acute coronary syndrome: a multicentre, open, randomised controlled trial

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adherence to drugs and healthy lifestyles is low after acute coronary syndrome. We assessed whether trained community health workers could improve adherence to drugs, lifestyle changes, and clinical risk markers in patients with acute coronary syndrome in India. METHODS: In this study done at 14 hospitals in India we randomly assigned (1:1) patients with acute coronary syndrome 1 or 2 days before discharge from hospital to a …

Authors

Xavier D; Gupta R; Kamath D; Sigamani A; Devereaux PJ; George N; Joshi R; Pogue J; Pais P; Yusuf S

Journal

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 244–253

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

March 2016

DOI

10.1016/s2213-8587(15)00480-5

ISSN

2213-8587