Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Formal HCV education improved time to therapy initiation, response

Formal HCV education improved time to therapy initiation, response
  • April 3, 2013
Patients with hepatitis C who participated in a formal class on the illness initiated therapy more quickly and experienced sustained virologic response more frequently than those who did not attend in a recent study.

Researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey of 94 primary care providers in San Francisco and performed a retrospective records review of 118 patients with HCV before and after development of a formal HCV education class. The 2-hour class was presented by a liver clinic nurse practitioner and included topics on the symptoms, diagnosis and transmission of HCV, along with candidacy for, response to and side effects of therapy.

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