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Effect of pharmacist discharge counselling on medication adherence in elderly heart failure patients: A pilot study

Author: Vinluan, C. M. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 16 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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 (MMAS-8),
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital readmissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.31 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.49) Gender: 13 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 39.06 (+/- a standard deviation of 19.66) 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

Outcome 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