Efficacy of a Intervention to Reduce Medication Errors and Improve Adherence
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Patient ComplianceMedication Adherence
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Motivational interview
- Registration Number
- NCT01291966
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that an intervention based on the motivational interview directed to patients with polypharmacy to improve the Therapeutic Adherence and to reduce the errors of Medication in major measure that the habitual intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 154
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients with polypharmacy (5 or more medicines)
- That detects to them a problem of Therapeutic Adherence
- That agree to take part in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Immobilized patients or with an index of Barthel lower than 60 points
- Incapable to fulfill ABVD
- Patients with cognitive deterioration
- Patients with diagnosis of ictus in the last 6 months
- That has been admitted to hospital 2 or more times in the last year Institutionalized patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Motivational interview Motivational interview -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method medication errors in the patients Baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months Medication errors before and after the intervention in each group
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage of adherence Baseline and 6 months To measure adherence to treatment will use a combination of direct methods (counting of medication) and indirect tests are passed or self-reported compliance test Haynes-Sackett and Morisky-Green test
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
🇪🇸Córdoba, Spain