Patient Pill Organization Strategies and Adherence Measured in a Cross-Sectional Study of Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The strategies patients use to organize medications (eg, pill dispenser) may be reflected in adherence measured at follow-up. We studied whether medication organization strategies patients use at home are associated with adherence measured using pharmacy-fills, self-report, and pill counts.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from a prospective randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Eleven US safety-net and community primary care clinics.

Patients

Of the 960 enrolled self-identified non-Hispanic Black and White patients prescribed antihypertensive medications, 731 patients reported pill organization strategies and were included.

Variable

Patients were asked if they use any of the following medication organization strategies: finish previous refills

SUBMITTER: Genelin MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042167 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature