[Impact of therapeutic education on adherence in patients treated with anti-vitamins K].

INTRODUCTION

Therapeutic education of the patient (TPE) treated with AVK has improved the safety and efficiency of this treatment by establishing a new doctor-patient relationship. The objective of our study was to assess the impact of a TPE program on adherence in patients treated with AVK.

METHODS

We conducted a prospective interventional study between January and September 2020, including two groups of patients hospitalized for a first thromboembolic: a G1 group with conventional service support and a G2 group with an ETP program created during this work. Each patient was assessed after three months of adherence to VKA.

RESULTS

The two groups had comparable epidemiological and clinical characteristics. After three months, we found a level of adherence in the G2 group.

CONCLUSION

The implementation of an ETP practice in patients treated with AVK allowed a better patient compliance with a better involvement in the management. This practice should be codified through the development of a national FTE repository.