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. 2023 May 15;12:113–126. doi: 10.2147/IPRP.S408340

Table 2.

Findings Summary of Medication Review, Adherence, and Follow-Up Interventions

Country Author The Issue Findings
USA (Bloodworth et al 2019)48 Acute myocardial infarction Access to patients’ records during discharge could help pharmacists improve patients’ clinical.
Australia (Tan et al 2018)34 Burden of rhinitis More than 50% of patients have a diagnosis approved. However, most patients were self-care treated, but few patients could select the appropriate medications.
Canada (Warsame 2017)46 Cancer care Community pharmacists hesitated to provide care to cancer patients due to training and knowledge gaps.
Malta (Vella and Lilian, 2013)87 Diabetic patients monitoring Patient compliance to medication improved following pharmacist intervention
Czech Republic (Jiang et al 2018)40 E-health and medication adherence The evidence of an effective electronic medication adherence solution was identified.
USA (Updike et al 2020)41 E-health and medication adherence Patients’ knowledge improvement significantly regarding BP and lifestyle modifications besides pharmacists-patient communication.
USA (Shibley et al 1997)35 Hyperlipidemias Lipids levels were significantly decreased compared to baseline, with significant quality of life improvement and patient satisfaction with pharmacy services and pharmacists.
USA (Marcum et al 2021)43 Medication adherence in older adults Pharmacist-led interventions produced significant improvement in medication adherence among adults.
USA (Muhn et al 2023)37 MR and deprescribing Review interventions optimized patient outcomes and mitigated the risk of adverse drug events while creating opportunities for optimized care.
Spain (Garcia-Cardenas et al 2017)38 MR and follow-up Patients requesting pharmaceutical care services increased, so the new installation of pharmacy services was feasible.
Germ-any (Bitter et al 2019)36 MR and reconciliation Potential DRPs documented with dominant drug-drug interactions followed by inappropriate use. However, pharmacists’ interventions were effective in resolving DRPs.
Spain (Rubio-Valera et al 2014)44 Mental health New roles for pharmacists supported the early detection of mental disorders, and the care plans were integrated into follow-up.
USA (Bingham et al 2020)42 Mental Health and Diabetes Potential non-adherence to mental health medications was identified.
USA (Daly et al 2021)39 Non-adherence Some non-adherent subjects became adherent. Forgetfulness was the common patient barrier rendering patients to adhere.
UK (Faya and Sultan, 2009)47 Shared prescribing evaluation Emphasized revising the postgraduate training for community pharmacists who will provide pharmaceutical care.

Notes: E-Health: Using web-enabled systems and processes to accomplish health services.