Usual care complemented by a pharmaceutical care intervention consisting of individual follow-up attendances and educative group activities was compared to usual care by Obreli-Neto et al. and appeared to improve adherence, but no statistically significant effect was described [ 21, 23].
Here, we evaluated the long-term impact of a 2-phase structured psycho-educative group program (Life Goals Program or LGP) for bipolar patients, on parameters such as number and length of hospitalizations, mood stability, relapse prevention and social relationships.
In conclusion, the frequency of self-medication was quite high within this community, mainly in female, younger, and more educated groups, and was in most cases inappropriate with a potential impact on the health status and, therefore, educative and preventive programs are needed.
However, participants in the self-help intervention showed increased treatment retention compared with the psycho-educative control group.
Scanlon [ 15] tested if a fact sheet about innocent heart murmurs could be educative towards a group of parents of healthy children.
The lack of knowledge, misconceptions, and the poor level of risk factor control are attributed to ineffective prevention programs and to confusing educative messages addressed to inappropriate groups of the population[ 16].
As with the 2 other groups, no advice or educative strategy was allowed.
The educative criterion specifies that each stakeholder group should learn about and from others' ontologies.
The paper discusses implications for teacher education, professional development, and educative curriculum materials.
Patients can also receive written documents, when needed, to support the educative process delivered to their relatives during group sessions.
Users selecting the option "No, I am not from Tromsø" will be immediately selected for the Group A or control group (i.e., the educative web app, without the game-based appointment system).
