Pharmacist Intervention Programme in Secondary Care to Improve Medication Adherence in Patients With Hypertension
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 532
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percent of patients that are at least 80% adherent (Medication possession rate > 0.8) to antihypertensives and statins
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Patients with hypertension have an increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. However, poor adherence to treatment with antihypertensives and lipid-lowering agents occurs frequently within this patient group. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a complex tailored intervention in a hospital setting will lead to increased medication adherence and fewer cardiovascular events when compared to a usual care group. Interventions focus on motivational interviewing, medication review and telephone follow up.
Investigators
Ulla Hedegaard
PhD student, MSc (pharm), Odense University Hospital
Odense University Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age: 18 years or older
- •Patients receiving ambulatory treatment for hypertension in a hospital setting
- •The patient or a carer usually dispenses the patient's medications
- •Patient lives in the Southern Region of Denmark
- •Written consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Lives in a care home or institution
- •Receive dose dispensed medicine from a pharmacy
- •Medicine is dispensed by a nurse in the patient's home
- •Correctional mental health patients
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percent of patients that are at least 80% adherent (Medication possession rate > 0.8) to antihypertensives and statins
Time Frame: One year from inclusion
Secondary Outcomes
- Non-persistence with antihypertensives and statins measured by percent of patients that are not supplied with medications for more than three continuous months(One year from inclusion)
- Reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure(One year from inclusion)
- Composite endpoint (stroke, myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death)(One year from inclusion)