Impact of medication therapy management interventions on drug therapy problems, medication adherence and treatment satisfaction among ambulatory heart failure patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a one-group pre-post quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the impact of medication therapy management interventions on drug therapy problems (DTPs), medication adherence and treatment satisfaction among ambulatory heart failure (HF) patients.

Study design, setting and participants

A one-group pre-post quasi-experimental study was conducted on 423 ambulatory HF patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital (TASH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All ambulatory HF patients ≥18 years old attending the adult cardiac clinic of TASH and having a complete medical record and fully met the inclusion criteria were taken as study participants.

Interventions

Educational interventions along with a brochure with information on the nature of HF disease and its treatment were provided to study participants. DTPs encountered w

SUBMITTER: Wondesen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature