Ahmad 2010.
Methods | RCT |
Participants |
Inclusion: patients older than 60 years; using 5 or more prescription‐only chronically used drugs when admitted to the hospital; discharged from the department of cardiovascular disease, lung disease, or internal medicine Exclusion: discharged to nursing home, too confused to participate, terminally ill, unable to communicate in Dutch |
Interventions |
Intervention: systematic medication review by community pharmacists. Pharmacy technicians will counsel patients at home at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, using cognitive‐behavioural therapy according to the theory of planned behaviour Control: usual care |
Outcomes | Persistence of drug adherence, quality of life, re‐hospitalisation related to medicines and cost adherence, occurrence of drug‐related problems, attitudes toward drugs |
Notes | NTR1194 Protocol published 2010. Baseline (qualitative) published 2012. Conference abstract 2017 Investigator contacted for follow‐up adherence data ‐ no response |