Can a Short Video Improve Apixaban Knowledge in an Inpatient Setting?

• Published in: P&T (Lawrenceville, N.J.) N.J.), 2017-04, Vol.42 (4), p.256-260
• Main Authors: Giuliano, Christopher, Nofar, Thomas, Edwin, Stephanie B
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1052-1372

To increase patient knowledge about apixaban (Eliquis, Bristol-Myers Squibb) using an educational video delivered in an urban inpatient setting. This prospective, quasi-experimental study evaluated knowledge gain and retention in patients receiving apixaban after viewing a short educational video. Knowledge was assessed with a questionnaire immediately before, immediately after, and one month following the educational video. After 33 patients watched the video, scores increased by 19.7% from the pre-test to the immediate post-test time point (95% confidence interval [CI], 14.5-24.9; < 0.001). Patients previously receiving apixaban or another anticoagulant were less likely to improve scores compared with new patients ( < 0.05). Twenty-two of the 33 patients (66.7%) completed the one-month follow-up. No difference in scores from pre-test to one month post-test were noted (6.4%; 95% CI, 1.6-14.5; = 0.11). The apixaban educational video led to improvements in short-term knowledge; however, patients did not retain this knowledge at one month. Future studies should seek ways to improve long-term knowledge retention.