Table 2.
Schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments
| Time point | −T3: selecting patients | −T2: recruitment | −T1: before discharge in ward | T0: date of discharge | T1: 1 month post discharge | T2: 3 months post discharge | T3: 6 months post discharge | |
| Procedure | Details | Baseline Intervention | Follow-up and intervention | Follow-up and intervention | Follow-up and evaluation | |||
| Enrolment: | ||||||||
| Eligibility screen | Check diagnosis for NSTEMI, STEMI, UA and ACS | X | ||||||
| Randomisation | X | |||||||
| Informed consent | X | |||||||
| Intervention: | ||||||||
| Patient medication history | Patient interview | X | ||||||
| Medication adherence assessment | Using BMQ | X | X | |||||
| Medication review | Medication reconciliation | X | ||||||
| Identifying DRPs and resolving | X | |||||||
| Optimising the discharge medication list | X | |||||||
| Discharge medication counselling | Counselling with written information | X | ||||||
| Recording hospital readmissions | During follow-up | X | X | X | ||||
| Identifying and assessing the changes to planned medication regimen | During follow-up | X | X | X | ||||
| Resolving any DRPs and counselling about the changes to the plan | During follow-up | X | X | X | ||||
| Assessments: | ||||||||
| BMQ | X | X | ||||||
| MAI | X | X | X | X | ||||
| DRPs | X | X | X | X | ||||
| ADRs | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Record hospital readmissions | X* | X | X | X | ||||
| Record to changes to planned medication regimen | X | X | X | |||||
*At recruitment and during follow-up
ACS, acute coronary syndrome; ADRs, adverse drug reactions; BMQ, Brief Medication Questionnaire; DRPs, drug-related problems; MAI, Medication Appropriateness Index; NSTEMI, non-ST elevated myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST elevated myocardial infarction; UA, unstable angina.