Inviting patients to make a commitment to take their medication as prescribed, as a way to increase medications adherence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Medications adherence; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16021642
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Health

Brief Summary

2019 results in https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2019.1 (added 12/05/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-23
• Study Completion: 2015-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 24 May 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16191

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have already consented to participate in an existing NHS service, called the New Medicines Service
2. Patients who are prescribed a medicine to treat a long-term condition for the first time

Exclusion Criteria

1. Anyone who has opted to not participate in the NHS New Medicine service
2. Any patients who opt-out from the trial component of the Service

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Whether the patient takes their medication as prescribed. This is measured by the patent self-reporting this to the pharmacist. This research uses common set of questions about adherence, called the Morisky scale. These are the four questions:<br> 1. Do you ever forget to take your medicine? Yes/No<br> 2. Are you careless at times about taking your medicine? Yes/No<br> 3. Sometimes if you feel worse when you take the medicine, do you stop taking it? Yes/No<br> 4. When you feel better do you sometimes stop taking your medicine? Yes/No<br>