Methods |
Parallel, 3 1/2 months follow‐up |
Participants |
79 participants with treated hypertension, mean age 65 years, mainly black women, pharmacy at community health center, US |
Interventions |
PATIENT MOTIVATION, SUPPORT AND REMINDERS: daily drug reminder chart with pharmacist supervision |
Outcomes |
PILL COUNT AND SELF REPORT: mean compliance score 82.4 per cent in the intervention group compared to 70.4 per cent in the control group (p equals 0.002) |
Notes |
Small study, no power calculation reported, unreliable assessment of adherence. |