Treatment adherence in CHD:Patient medication and rehabiliation use
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Treatment adherence in CHD: Understandiong the efficacy- effectiveness gap in patient medication and rehabilitation use.
IRAS ID
133236
Contact name
Patricia Thomson
Contact email
Research summary
Evidence suggests that after a coronary event, patients’ beliefs and adherence to cardiac rehabilitation can be affected by their partners’ beliefs and behaviours. This study aims to assess patients and their partners’ beliefs about illness, attendance at CR and patient adherence to medications and lifestyle change. The suitability of the internet as a mode of data collection for this patient group will be assessed. This study will also be used to test the feasibility for a future, larger scale study. It will assess the effectiveness of the data collection tools and suitability of the data collection processes for patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) and their partners.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
13/NS/0152
Date of REC Opinion
21 Nov 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion