Impact of pharmacy care upon adherence to cardiovascular medicines: a feasibility pilot controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the feasibility and potential impact of a pharmacy care intervention, involving motivational interviews among patients with acute coronary syndrome, on adherence to medication and on health outcomes.

Methods

This article reports a prospective, interventional, controlled feasibility/pilot study. Seventy one patients discharged from a London Heart Attack Centre following acute treatment for a coronary event were enrolled and followed up for 6 months. Thirty two pharmacies from six London boroughs were allocated into intervention or control sites. The intervention was delivered by community pharmacists face-to-face in the pharmacy, or by telephone. Consultations were delivered as part of the New Medicine Service or a Medication Usage Review. They involv

SUBMITTER: M A Jalal ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451569 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature