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Effectiveness of visits from community pharmacists for patients with heart failure: HeartMed randomised controlled trial

Author: Holland, Richard Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 339 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Desenlace Medida Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS)
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital readmissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VA)
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) - generic HRQoL
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 77.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.25) Gender: 108 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Desenlace Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life