Initial validation of the Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI) via Community Pharmacies
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Any health condition that has required a new or repeat prescription medicationPublic Health - Other public health
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622000848707
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Auckland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
Participants must be picking up a medication prescription for themselves that requires consistent adherence at a community pharmacy, be 18 years of age or over, and be fluent in English.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be excluded if prescribed medications are specified to take 'as needed', such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. This is given that such medications do not require consistent adherence.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome will be responses to the Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI) which will allow for initial Principle Component Analysis (PCA), constrained Principle Component Analysis (PCA), Kaiser-Meyer Olkin Value and Barrett's Test of Sphericity to be utilised to identify and refine the factors within the AAI. [Initial survey measurement<br>];Internal Consistency of the AAI determined by utilising Cronbach's Alpha[Initial survey measurement ];Predictive Validity[Assessing correlation between initial survey measurement of the Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI), and two-week follow up measure of the Brief Adherence Rating Scale (BARS). ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Test-retest (inter-rater) reliability of the Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI) using Cohen's Kappa[Comparing between initial Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI) measurement, with the two-week followup of the Anticipated Adherence Index (AAI). ]