Feasibility study for supporting medication adherence for adults with cystic fibrosis: mixed-methods process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To undertake a process evaluation of an adherence support intervention for people with cystic fibrosis (PWCF), to assess its feasibility and acceptability.

Setting

Two UK cystic fibrosis (CF) units.

Participants

Fourteen adult PWCF; three professionals delivering adherence support ('interventionists'); five multi-disciplinary CF team members.

Interventions

Nebuliser with data recording and transfer capability, linked to a software platform, and strategies to support adherence to nebulised treatments facilitated by interventionists over 5 months (± 1 month).

Primary and secondary measures

Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, assessed through semistructured interviews, questionnaires, fidelity assessments and click analytics.

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SUBMITTER: Hind D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592300 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature