PGA claims the health education of the patient anticoagulado as the key for the control of health and health spending.

-in Spain there are a million of persons who have clotting problems and needing a treatment of lifelong

– like form of awareness, the Spanish Federation of the Anticoagulado patient (FEASAN) handed out 9,000 brochures through tables in hospitals and health with the motto with health educationlive longer, live better ”, which include practical advice and information to get an expert in their disease patient

-the Alliance of patients and FEASAN claim health benefits specific to the self-control of the 400,000 patients anticoagulados with valves

Madrid, November 2011- last Friday, November 18 there was the national day of the Anticoagulado patienta disease affecting one million people in Spain, which implies a pharmacological treatment of for life. This group is composed of those persons medicated to regulate blood clotting level because they have previously undergone a vascular accident either because they present any pathology which involves a risk of suffering.

The increase in the population anticoagulada, which represents 1% of the total population, makes it necessary to stress the importance of health education for the patient that is key because they trained as head of his illness and helps you to autocuidarse, an aspect which significantly minimizes the medical complications that may arise, and it is a lower cost to the health system, because only consume resources when really they need ” explains the President of FEASAN, Mr. Luciano Arochena.

Oral anticoagulants do not behave like other drugs, why is crucial to educate patients to avoid complications to the extent possible. They must be ordered in their daily lives, the taking of the drug and also the of other drugs used as treatment of base, because if they modify they can alter the anticoagulant treatment. Consistency is the key to get the most benefit with the minimum risk ”, explains Dr. Mari Angeles Fernandez. Self-control must be claimed at the State level. We should let the anticoagulation in the hands of an educated patient. It is the duty of your own doctor make life easier for sick people in that it can ”, adds the Scientific Adviser of FEASAN.

The patient expert

That is why, under the motto with health education, live longer, live better ”, FEASAN conducted a campaign to raise awareness at the national level. Are going to distribute 9,000 brochures through informative tables in hospitals and health centres in all Spain to explain the importance of health education for the patient anticoagulado. We want to create the figure of patient expert, i.e., a patient who is well acquainted his illness and that you have a good therapeutic bond to improve their health ” indicates Luciano Arochena.

In addition, this year as a novelty, FEASAN with their 13 associations celebrated the week of the Anticoagulado patient in the framework of the national day commemorative activities began on November 14 and which are intended to highlight the benefits of health education and the important role carried out by the associations of patients anticoagulados educational health.

goal: self-control

within the Group of patients anticoagulados, 360,000 people suffering from atrial fibrillation and 400,000 carry valves or valve disease. The latter group of patients is that introduces greater complexity that, generally, are younger people who have, in addition, a high risk of suffering a stroke. The General Alliance of patients supported the claims of the Spanish Federation of the Anticoagulado patient (FEASAN) and they insist on the need to bring health benefits to each of the collective ill.

At present, elderly patients with isolated chronic atrial fibrilidad can access new anticoagulant treatments. Against this group, young people who have artificial valves in the heart need greater precision in anticoagulant treatment. These patients should be able to access their own control through a specific health benefit. While, for example, a diabetic has a benefit such as insulin pump or the machine in which made the analysis of blood glucose, the anticoagulado is forced to travel periodically to a primary care center to enable him to carry out the control. The patient anticoagulado has the right to have their own apparatus to control ”, explains Dr. Mari Angeles Fernandez, consultant scientist of the Anticoagulado patient Spanish Federation.

On the General Alliance of patients

The Alliance of patients (AGP) encompasses entities and Spanish sanitary institutions in various fields. It has been created with the intention of promoting the dialogue of patient organisations with the health administrations, professionals in the same area and private entities.

The main mission of the PGA is to provide patient organisations of mechanisms for participation in healthcare decisions. To this end, PGA seeks to facilitate dialogue between health professionals, public administrations, private health sector companies and organizations themselves of patients, sharing objectives, improvement opportunities and problems to solve.

PGA is constituted as a platform for dialogue around patients, using criteria of quality and transparency.