Journal article
‘Better to save one life than build a seven-storied pagoda’: a qualitative study of health education for patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai, China
BMJ Open, Vol.8(8), e019351
2018
PMCID: PMC6112403
PMID: 30139890
Abstract
Objective To describe, from the perspectives of health professionals, the health education currently being provided from hospital admission to discharge to home to patients who present with acute coronary syndrome who also have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods A qualitative study using semistructured interviews was undertaken in the coronary care unit (CCU) of a major hospital in Shanghai, China. Fifteen health professionals (nine registered nurses and six physicians) from the CCU who delivered health education to patients with acute coronary syndrome and T2DM participated. Participants also completed an Education Content Checklist containing topics consistent with existing national guidelines. Findings Major themes identified included: health education is an essential embedded component of treatment; health education comprises varied strategies to facilitate behavioural change; and barriers and required resources to deliver effective health education. Conclusions Surviving the initial symptoms and providing immediate treatment is the first step in recovery for patients with acute coronary syndrome and T2DM. Health education is an essential component of the management of these patients, and content and focus that is responsive to the recovery stage of the patient is required. Teaching and supporting strategies appropriate for the inpatient phase prior to discharging to the community phase are required.
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- Title
- ‘Better to save one life than build a seven-storied pagoda’: a qualitative study of health education for patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai, China
- Authors
- Xian-Liang Liu (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityKaren Willis (Author) - La Trobe UniversityJo Wu (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringYan Shi (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityMaree Johnson (Author) - Australian Catholic University
- Publication details
- BMJ Open, Vol.8(8), e019351; 11
- Publisher
- B M J Group
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019351
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- PMID
- 30139890; PMC6112403
- Copyright note
- Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451495702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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