Florian Custodis|Franziska Rohlehr|Angelika Wachter|Michael Böhm|Martin Schulz|Ulrich Laufs
Medication knowledge of patients hospitalized for heart failure at admission and after discharge
Saarland University|Saarland University|Saarland University|Saarland University|Freie Universität Berlin|Saarland University
substantial aspect health literacy knowledge prescribed medication chronic heart failure incomplete intake prescribed drugs medication nonadherence inversely associated clinical prognosis therefore assessed medication knowledge cohort patients decompensated heart failure hospital admission discharge prospective crosssectional studyone hundred eleven patients presenting emergency department acute decompensated heart failure included mean age 78492 59 men study patients medication knowledge assessed individual interviews baseline course hospitalization 3 months discharge individual responses compared medical records referring general practitionermedian nterminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide plasma concentration overall population baseline 4208 pgml 20237101 pgml interquartile range 20 patients died second third interview number prescribed drugs increased 83 baseline 93 3 months majority patients know correct number drugs medication knowledge decreased continuously baseline third interview baseline 37 n41 patients stated correct number drugs taken whereas 18 n16 knew correct number 3 months discharge p0008 knowledge inversely related nterminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide levelsmedication knowledge patients acute decompensated heart failure poor despite care university hospital patients individual medication knowledge decreased discharge study reveals urgent need better strategies improve promote knowledge prescribed medication highrisk patients