Adherence in Clinical Trials-Induction Strategies
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
研究概览
简要总结
To examine the effects of two strategies of inducing enhanced adherence to medication in the context of a clinical trial: habit training versus habit training plus problem solving.
详细描述
BACKGROUND:
The success of any therapeutic intervention, whether preventive or curative, is ultimately dependent on the individual's adherence to treatment. Unfortunately, the failure of a large percentage of patients to adhere to prescribed medical regimens is a widely recognized and well documented phenomenon. It has been estimated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take their prescribed medications, and of those remaining, less than two-thirds take their medication as prescribed.
The interventions, implemented at the outset of pharmacologic intervention within the clinical trial, were timed to yield maximum effectiveness. Such randomized induction studies had not yet been undertaken. By capitalizing on a new unobtrusive assessment technique that generated the time of medication intake over prolonged periods, the study produced a unique set of data suitable for the study of recurring cycles in medication intake patterns.
The study was part of a two grant initiative entitled "Evaluation of Adherence Interventions in Clinical Trials". The initiative was developed by the Behavioral Medicine Branch staff and Clinical Trials Branch staff as well as members of the Clinical Applications and Prevention Advisory Committee Behavioral Medicine and Prevention Working Groups. The initiative was released in September, 1991 and awarded in September, 1992.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 100 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供