[Study of the impact of a post-acute coronary syndrome pharmaceutical interview in hospital]

OBJECTIVES

Post-acute coronary syndrome pharmaceutical interviews were set up in our establishment. The objective of this study was to assess their impact on patient knowledge and their benefit at one year on medication compliance, cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, overweight, dyslipidemia) and the recurrence rate.

METHODS

Two groups were formed, an experimental group of patients who had benefited from pharmaceutical interviews and a control group of patients who had not benefited from them. The knowledge of the patients was measured using a quizz carried out before the interview and one month after for the experimental group, then one year after hospitalization for the two groups. A one-year follow-up of medication compliance assessed, control of cardiovascular risk factors and the rate of recurrence of acute coronary syndrome was carried out in both groups.

RESULTS

A significant increase in knowledge (P<0.001) after the pharmaceutical interview and its maintenance over time were observed in the experimental group. One year after hospitalization, in the experimental group, the average score on the knowledge quizz (9.2/10) was significantly higher (P<0.005) than that of the control group (6.6/10); medication compliance was significantly better (P<0.05) and greater smoking cessation was observed.

CONCLUSIONS

These encouraging results should be highlighted in order to perpetuate and develop such approaches around patient care.

[Identifying the barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD]

INTRODUCTION

Although pulmonary rehabilitation is a core treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) approved by the French National Authority for Health, there is no doubt that it is insufficiently used in France. Pulmonary rehabilitation consists of exercise training and patient education delivered in a multidisciplinary programme of care to reverse the downward spiral of deconditioning caused by the illness as well as improving patients' ability to self-manage. The aim of this study was to identify the obstacles that prevent the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation, so as to understand its lack of use.

METHOD

A qualitative study was undertaken with semi-structured interviews in focus groups and individually, involving the different actors within COPD care pathways, including doctors, other healthcare professionals, and patients.

RESULTS

Three group interviews and nine individual interviews were analysed. From these, 13 issues appeared: the disease itself, the perception of the disease, the multidisciplinary work, the relationship between caregivers and the patient, motivation, smoking, the comorbidities, fear, geography, economy, the social, the temporality and the establishment of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme.

CONCLUSION

This work illustrates the many barriers that will be interesting to explore, in order to increase the use of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD.