Journal article
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