Improving Medication Self-Administration and Health After Brain Injury
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Medication Adherence
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this research study is to assess medication self-administration (MSA) and the impact of three different interventions on improving medication adherence. The findings for this study may help develop evidence-based reminder protocols to reduce medication self-administration errors after brain injury.
详细描述
The investigators are interested in studying how brain injury (TBI, stroke, etc.) survivors manage self-administering their medication once they return home, and are aiming to improve their medication adherence. In this six month long study, patients will be placed into one of three intervention groups 1) standard care received (usual care, no reminder provided), 2) receive a video call at time medication is to be taken, 3) receive an automated text message when medication is to be taken. The investigators aim to identify which intervention is best at helping brain injury survivors adhere to their medication schedule, with the future goal of implementing this type of reminder protocol into standard care.
Hypothesis
The investigators hypothesize that automated reminder text messages will result in MSA improvement comparable to video calls, maintained over the six month period.
Allocation to groups: Patients will be randomized to receive video calls, automated text messages, or no intervention (standard care). The randomization schedule is by computer-generated number list.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age greater than or equal to 18
- •Less than three months post Brain Injury event
- •English speaking (learned English at age 10 or younger, and use it daily)
- •Currently taking up to eight medications on a daily basis
排除标准
- •Legally blind
- •Unable to give informed consent due to comprehension deficits
- •Severe memory or cognitive impairments that would not allow for formal testing, as determined by the investigator
- •History of psychiatric hospitalization for attempted overdose of pills
结局指标
主要结局
Medication Adherence
时间窗: 6 months
As measured by Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) trackers
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
A. M. Barrett, MD
Director, Center for Stroke Rehabilitation Research
Kessler Foundation