IRCT201409148505N8 IRCT 2015-03-04 Vice chancellor for research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences The effect of telephone nursing consult (telenursing) on adherence to diet and medication regimen and incidence of clinical manifestations in myocardial infarction patients referring to cardiovascular clinic affiliated to Shiraz university of medical science, 2014 The effect of telephone nursing consult (telenursing) on adherence to diet and medication regimen and incidence of clinical manifestations in myocardial infarction patients 2014-07-15 anticipated 100 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/8971 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research. N/A myocardial infarction. Intervention 1: Intervention in the study group: In a one hour training session, the patients received face to face training about importance of treatment adherence and training booklet was also given to the patients. Then, the patients were under a sustained nursing consultant with telephone for 12 weeks (in the 1st four weeks, twice a week and in the 2nd four weeks, once a week and in the 3rd four weeks, once every two weeks). The maximum call duration was determined 15 minutes and patients could decide on the contact time from 8 am to 8 pm. The contents of phone calls were as follows: researcher self-introduction and general addressing of the patient’s health condition, giving health advices and education about nutrition and medication, questioning the extent of the patient's adherence to diet and medication and incidence rates of clinical manifestations, reinforcement of healthy behaviors and finishing phone calls with motivational words and arranging the next call. In the case of any question or problem, they could contact the researcher at any time. Intervention 2: Control group: In a one hour training session, the patients received face to face training about importance of treatment adherence and training booklet was also given to the patients.