Improving Compliance Among Elderly Polypharmacy Users Through Community Pharmacy Based Pharmaceutical Care Program

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Polypharmacy
• Interventions: Other: Pharmaceutical care program

• Registration Number: NCT00916214
• Lead Sponsor: Ringkobing Love Apotek

Brief Summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate effectiveness of a multidimensional pharmaceutical care plan in improving compliance among elderly polypharmacy users at community pharmacy settings. The specific objective of the project is to determine effects of pharmaceutical care program on medication adherence and persistence among elderly polypharmacy users.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2009-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2009-06-09
• Status Verified: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2011-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Both men and woman aged more than 65 years and taking more than 2 drugs

Exclusion Criteria

• Inhabitants of nursing homes
• People receiving unit dose dispensing of medicine

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Pharmaceutical care program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in medication adherence from run-in to the end of phase 1	6 months
persistence of mean medication adherence	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ringkøbing Løve Apotek; 🇩🇰 Ringkøbing, Denmark