Abstract

MOLINA, Dora I.; VALENCIA-URIBE, Santiago  and  AGUDELO-ROJAS, Lina M.. Patient education and their co-responsibility as therapeutic tools. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.2, pp.176-181.  Epub Jan 12, 2016. ISSN 0120-5633.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2016.07.013.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. An attempt to introduce patient education as a therapeutic tool has been made based on the growing importance of co-responsibility of patients in their care; in light of this a review of the evidence in medical literature showing the therapeutic results that can be obtained with patient education, as well as their implications and limits, especially regarding cardiovascular health of these individuals, needs to be conducted.

A systematic search in PubMed was performed, choosing articles between years 2005 and 2015, selecting 40 papers.

It was found that patient education, under different forms, is an increasingly important and popular strategy worldwide in comprehensive care for patients, showing a benefit in multiple entities such as cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac insufficiency and coronary disease. Serious limitations are found in the design of the studies, so their results could be underestimated.

The study concludes that there is a significant influence on the inclusion of educating patients about the management of these conditions, and education must become a core element of the programmes for managing cardiovascular disease and its complications.

Keywords : Cardiovascular risk factors; Cardiovascular disease; Treatment.

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