None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the achievement of treatment goals in patients who receive pharmacist medication counselling and education in addition to standard of care compared with patients who receive standard of care. This is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of this new service, inform best practice at the Waikato Dialysis Unit (and elsewhere in New Zealand), and guide future funding decisions at Waikato DHB.
Interventions
Fortnightly medication counselling and education by a qualified pharmacist who has been trained to work with renal dialysis patients.
Each session will consist of approximately 45 minutes and will focus on a particular topic (medicines for calcium regulation, blood pressure control et cetera). Each session is administered on a one-on-one basis.
Each patient will receive 12 counselling sessions. Patients will receive self-assessment tools and memory aids to use during the sessions and take ho
Fortnightly medication counselling and education by a qualified pharmacist who has been trained to work with renal dialysis patients. Each session will consist of approximately 45 minutes and will focus on a particular topic (medicines for calcium regulation, blood pressure control et cetera). Each session is administered on a one-on-one basis. Each patient will receive 12 counselling sessions. Patients will receive self-assessment tools and memory aids to use during the sessions and take home afterwards. Patients will also receive Waikato Dialysis Unit standard of care.
Sponsors
Waikato District Health Board
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients with end stage renal disease who recieve dialysis as outpatients
Exclusion criteria
-Inability to consent
Outcome results
None listed