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Implementation of a Pharmacy-Intervention to Establish and if Necessary Improve Adherence to Antihypertensive Therapy. A Cluster Randomized Trial.
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating extensive implementation programme and control for Hypertension. Completed, enrolled 57 participants.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of maximal support of community pharmacies to implement a pharmaceutical care model for establishing and - if necessary - improving adherence to antihypertensive medication in patients with medication-resistant hypertension.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
experimental pharmacists follow an extensive implementation programme. They attend two interactive half a day educational meetings tailored to individual needs: one at start of the intervention, and one in May or September 2007. Special attention is given to multiprofessional cooperation with general practitioners and nurse practitioners. Additionally, guided by their own project planning pharmacists receive three or more telephone calls, both as a reminder, feedback, and in order to investigate whether they need any more help.
pharmacists only receive a written manual with instructions to implement the patient compliance intervention.