Calvert et al
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| 2012 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=2) | 143 | Median age: IG=63, CG=62; male: IG=66%, CG=61%; White: IG=51%, CG=51% | Usual care: routine discharge counselling and discharge summary sent to community physician. |
Cossette et al
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| 2012 | Canada | RCT, single site | 242 | Mean age: IG=59, CG=59; male: IG=81%, CG=90% | Usual care: received standard predischarge care. Encouraged to use regular healthcare resources postdischarge. |
Costa e Silva et al
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| 2008 | Brazil | RCT, single site | 153 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=59; male: IG=63%, CG=64% | Usual care: standard outpatient follow-up with a cardiologist. |
Du et al
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| 2016 | China | RCT, single site | 979 | Mean age: IG=60, CG=62; male: IG=73%, CG=72% | Usual care: standard follow-up with research nurse. |
Giallauria et al
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| 2009 | Italy | RCT, single site | 52 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=57; male: IG=85%, CG=85% | Usual care: following standard 3-month cardiac rehab, patients were discharged with usual routine recommendations and were seen only at the 12-month and 24-month follow-up. |
Giannuzzi et al
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| 2008 | Italy | RCT, multi-site (n=78) | 3241 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=58; male: IG=86%, CG=87% | Usual care: a letter sent to the family physician recommending secondary prevention goals followed by standard cardiac rehab and follow-up. |
Gould28
| 2011 | USA | RCT, single site | 129 | NR | Usual care: patients received routine discharge materials and usual care. |
Gujral et al
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| 2014 | Australia | RCT, single site | 200 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=60; male: IG=77%, CG=80% | Usual care: medication beliefs not communicated to their community pharmacist. The community pharmacists were asked to provide the patient with usual care when they collected their prescription medications. |
Ho et al
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| 2014 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=4) | 253 | Mean age: IG=64, CG=64; male: IG=98%, CG=98%; White: IG=82%, CG=75% | Usual care: patients received standard ACS hospital discharge instructions, a discharge medication list and educational information about cardiac medications. A 12-month clinic visit was scheduled. |
Jalal et al
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| 2016 | UK | RCT, single site | 71 | Mean age=NR; male=76% | Usual care: following predischarge counselling from the hospital pharmacist, patients refilled their prescriptions at their usual pharmacies. |
Jorstad et al
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| 2013 | Netherlands | RCT, multi-site (n=11) | 733 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=58; male: IG=80%, CG=80% | Usual care: outpatient clinic visits to treating cardiologists and other relevant specialists. Patients were referred to cardiac rehab according to national guidelines. |
Kotowycz et al
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| 2010 | Canada | RCT, single site | 54 | Mean age: IG=56, CG=55; male: IG=81%, CG=70% | All discharge planning and follow-up were left to the treating physician and nursing team. |
Kronish et al
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| 2012 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=5) | 177 | Mean age: IG=59, CG=61; male: IG=46%, CG=47% | Usual care: treating physicians notified about their patients’ depressive status. Patients given appropriate care for depressive symptoms. |
Lapointe et al
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| 2006 | Canada | RCT, single site | 127 | Mean age: IG=58, CG=57; male: IG=89%, CG=78% | Standard follow-up with patients’ regular physician. |
Miller et al
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| 1988 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=3) | 103 | Mean age=NR (range 30 - 65); male: IG=73%, CG=89%; White: IG=98%, CG=87% | Usual care: all patients had received standard inpatient cardiac rehab. |
Miller et al
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| 1989 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=3) | 81 | Mean age=54; male=81% | Usual care: all patients had received standard inpatient cardiac rehab. |
Miller et al
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| 1990 | USA | RCT, multi-site (n=3) | 51 | Mean age=55; male=76% | Usual care: all patients had received standard inpatient cardiac rehab. |
Muñiz et al
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| 2010 | Spain | RCT, multi-site (n=64) | 1757 | Mean age: IG=62, CG=64; male: IG=78%, CG=76% | Usual care. |
Najafi et al
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| 2016 | Iran | RCT, single site | 100 | Mean age: IG=59, CG=58; male: IG=54%, CG=38% | Routine care including check-ups with designated physician. |
Polack et al
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| 2008 | Canada | RCT, single site | 10 | Mean age: IG=59, CG=65; male: IG=80%, CG=100% | Usual care: standard predischarge nurse education. |
Polsook et al
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| 2016 | Thailand | RCT, single site | 44 | Mean age: IG=61, CG=63; male: IG=86%, CG=86% | Usual care in the cardiac inpatient department that included education about patients’ condition and treatment. |
Redfern et al
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| 2008 | Australia | RCT, single site | 144 | Mean age: IG=62, CG=67; male: IG=74%, CG=75% | Ongoing conventional care determined by patients’ family physician and cardiologist. |
Redfern et al
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| 2009 | Australia | RCT, single site | 144 | Mean age: IG=62, CG=67; male: IG=74%, CG=75% | Usual care: received medical treatment, including pharmacotherapy and lifestyle counselling, as determined by their usual doctors. |
Uysal and Ozcan45
| 2015 | Turkey | RCT, multi-site (n=2) | 90 | Mean age=NR (47% between 45-54); male: IG=80%, CG=76% | Received home education kit comprised of brochures about healthy living post-MI. Not provided with telephone counselling and education. |
Xavier et al
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| 2016 | India | RCT, multi-site (n=14) | 806 | Mean age: IG=56, CG=57; male: IG=82%, CG=83% | Standard care: patients were asked to alert the research team to any hospital visits that they planned. |
Sharma et al
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| 2016 | India | RCT, single site | 100 | Mean age: IG=57, Con=61; Male total=84% | Usual care. |
Yorio et al
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| 2008 | USA | RCT, single site | 144 | Median age: IG=56, CG=56; male: IG=67%, CG=57%; White: IG=32%, CG=35% | Usual care: standard postdischarge care that included appointments with a cardiologist and family physician within 3 months. |