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Fiona Newall1, Linda Johnston, Paul Monagle
1Clinical Haematology Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. fiona.newall@rch.org.au
Objective:
Providing education to patients requiring anticoagulant therapy may be associated with improved outcomes. This study investigated the knowledge outcomes of a validated educational intervention.
Methods:
Parents of children with congenital heart disease requiring warfarin therapy took part in an educational intervention. Warfarin knowledge was assessed prior to commencing the program, immediately following its completion and 6 months following completion.
Results:
Parents demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in their warfarin knowledge immediately following completion of the program (p < 0.0001), with this improvement being sustained over time.
Conclusion:
Current approaches to educating parents of children requiring warfarin therapy are likely suboptimal. Using a validated model of education may be associated with improved knowledge outcomes for patients.
Practice Implications:
Consideration to the processes used in delivering patient education may result in improved patient knowledge outcomes.
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