Can a Short Video Improve Apixaban Knowledge in an Inpatient Setting?

To increase patient knowledge about apixaban (Eliquis, Bristol-Myers Squibb) using an educational video delivered in an urban inpatient setting.

This prospective, quasi-experimental study evaluated knowledge gain and retention in patients receiving apixaban after viewing a short educational video. Knowledge was assessed with a questionnaire immediately before, immediately after, and one month following the educational video.

After 33 patients watched the video, scores increased by 19.7% from the pre-test to the immediate post-test time point (95% confidence interval [CI], 14.5-24.9; P < 0.001). Patients previously receiving apixaban or another anticoagulant were less likely to improve scores compared with new patients (P < 0.05). Twenty-two of the 33 patients (66.7%) completed the one-month follow-up. No difference in scores from pre-test to one month post-test were noted (6.4%; 95% CI, 1.6-14.5; P = 0.11).

The apixaban educational video led to improvements in short-term knowledge; however, patients did not retain this knowledge at one month. Future studies should seek ways to improve long-term knowledge retention.