Patient Education

In order for patients to be ready to take on home dialysis, physicians must be properly trained and know how to prepare patients, according to a presenter at the International Conference on Dialysis.

Handouts designed to educate families about food allergy received high marks for their clarity and usefulness from a sample of potential users, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Published results showed high-risk patients who received individualized nurse navigator counseling and education prior to undergoing total joint arthroplasty experienced similar outcomes to the broader patient population.

In a specialty like rheumatology, patient education can be an important factor in disease management, whether it’s combatting misinformation, improving treatment compliance or helping patients better advocate for themselves.

Compared with patients who did not receive chronic kidney disease education, those who did were more likely to choose home dialysis and a permanent vascular access at initiation.

1-year extension study assessing early (STEP 1) or late (STEP 2) clinician education intervention to improve achievement of LDL goals.

Use of catheter ablation after diagnosis of incident atrial fibrillation was low among Danish patients with low level of education, low income and those who lived alone, researchers reported.

A 1-year clinician educational intervention did not improve achievement of LDL goals in patients with atherosclerotic CVD, researchers reported at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions.

Weekly motivational text messages did not improve self-reported medication adherence among patients who experienced ACS vs. usual care alone, but they may have helped to improve certain lifestyle-related risk factors, researchers reported.

WASHINGTON — It is important to educate patients early and often, according to a speaker at Refractive Day at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.