Effectiveness of a medication-adherence tool: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research shows that more than half of the people taking medication for a chronic condition are non-adherent. Nonadherence hinders disease control with a burden on patient quality of life and healthcare systems. We developed a tool that provides insight into nonadherence risks and barriers for medication-adherence including an intervention strategy to overcome those barriers. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of using this adherence tool in starters with cardiovascular or oral blood glucose-lowering medication to improve medication-adherence.

Methods/design

In a cluster-randomized controlled trial 25 pharmacies in the Netherlands will be randomized to the intervention or control arm. Patients registered in a general practice participating in a collaborati

SUBMITTER: Hilbink M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891916 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature