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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2011 Oct 19;18(1):1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.09.006

Table 1.

Protocol of the study

Group Baseline 1 month 1.5 months (2 weeks after 1 month) 2 months 2.5 months (2 weeks after 2 months) 2–9 months 9 months
PLUS

  • Baseline questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data

  • First session: teaching and counseling + MEMS feedback

  • Second session: phone booster

  • Download MEMS data

  • Third session: teaching and counseling + MEMS feedback

  • Fourth session: phone booster

  • Monthly phone call on collecting outcome data (ED visits, hospitalization, or death)

  • 9-month questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data
LITE

  • Baseline questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data

  • First session: teaching and counseling

  • Second session: phone booster

  • Download MEMS data

  • Third session: teaching and counseling

  • Fourth session: phone booster

  • Monthly phone call on collecting outcome data (ED visits, hospitalization, or death)

  • 9-month questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data
Control

  • Baseline questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data

 (−)

  • Download MEMS data

 (−)

  • Monthly phone call on collecting outcome data (ED visits, hospitalization, or death)

  • 9-month questionnaires

  • Download MEMS data

PLUS group: patients received theory-based education and counseling plus feedback from their own MEMS reports

LITE group: patients received theory-based education and counseling only

Control group: patients received usual care

MEMS: Medication Event Monitoring System