Patient-centered Pharmacist Care in the Hemodialysis Unit: a quasi-experimental interrupted time series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonadherence to medications by patients requiring hemodialysis (HD) leads to unfavorable clinical outcomes. Limited data exist to demonstrate the effect of incorporating patient-centered interventions using concepts of medication therapy management and motivational interview by pharmacists on pharmacoadherence in patients requiring HD. Therefore, we assessed the impact of patient-centered pharmacist care on pharmacoadherence and its outcomes in patients requiring HD.

Methods

Adult patients who had received outpatient HD for at least 3 months were enrolled. The study was conducted from October 2016 to April 2017. Pharmacists interviewed the patients at month 1, 2, 4 and 6, and the intervention (comprehensive review) occurred at months 3 and 5. The primary outcome w

SUBMITTER: Ismail S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854789 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature