Improving eye-drop administration skills of patients - A multicenter parallel-group cluster-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eye-drop administration errors occur in the majority of patients and increase the risk for treatment failure or systemic adverse events. While lacking knowledge is the principal error cause, most patients overestimate their skills and are unaware of often substantial knowledge gaps. Therefore, the impact of including motivational patient education on long-term eye-drop administration skills of patients was investigated.

Methods

This is a cluster-randomized controlled trial in German community pharmacies. Patient education in both groups comprised observation of the patient during eye-drop administration to identify individual errors, pharmaceutical counseling, and teach-back evaluation of the training. In the intervention group, motivational communication techniqu

SUBMITTER: Lampert A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383939 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature