[Effectiveness of a nurse-led educational intervention for patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome].

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led class with phone follow-up, to help patients achieve lifestyle changes after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods: Each patient < or = 75 years, admitted to a intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU) for ACS from September 2003 to December 2004, who attended the education class (case) was matched with two patients paired for age, sex and admission time, admitted for ACS to ICCUs in the other hospitals in the same area (controls). One year later the two groups were blindly interviewed on the phone, using a structured questionnaire about their lifestyles.

[An health education program for patients admitted to CCU for an acute coronary event].

Unlabelled: In spite of the broad recognition of the importance of health education, time for structured one-to -one initiatives of health education during the hospital stay is limited. The organization of an health education meeting for patients admitted to CCU for an acute coronary event is described.

Methods: The planning and implementation of the initiative lasted two years and involved 7 nurses and one doctor.

[Knowledge and lifestyles of patients: a survey on patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome in the CCU of an Italian hospital].

Aim And Methods: The lifestyles before hospital admission, knowledge on their illness and lifestyles after the acute coronary event were analysed with questionnaires, in three different samples of patients: a. all the patients admitted for acute coronary event from may 2003 to may 2005 to explore lifestyles before acute coronary event (416 patients) b. all the patients admitted from may 2003 to april 2004 (before the start of health information meetings organised by nurses), to explore the knowledge of the illness and its causes (132 patients) c.