Quality of life of coronary artery disease patients after the implementation of planning strategies for medication adherence

OBJECTIVE:

to compare the general and specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL)between the Intervention (IG) and Control (CG) groups of coronary artery diseasepatients after the implementation of Action Planning and Coping Planningstrategies for medication adherence and to verify the relationship betweenadherence and HRQoL.

METHOD:

this was a controlled and randomized study.

RESULTS:

the sample (n=115) was randomized into two groups, IG (n=59) and CG (n=56).Measures of medication adherence and general and specific HRQoL were obtained inthe baseline and after two months of monitoring.

CONCLUSION:

the findings showed that the combination of intervention strategies - ActionPlanning and Coping Planning for medication adherence did not affect the HRQoL ofcoronary artery disease patients in outpatient monitoring.