Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patient with consent ability. 2) Patients who are admitted to hospital resulted from acute heart failure. 3) Patients who are regularly used at least 1 medication for heart failure and co-morbidities causing the heart failure.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Death and changing departments during hospitalization. 2) Patient discharged to the medical facilities or other hospitals. 3) Patients after leaving hospital who visit other hospitals and clinics. 4) Dementia : Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score <= 23. 5) Patient who are used no medication before admission.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of adherence classification (High, Medium, Low) evaluated by the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8-items (MMAS-8) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Transition of MMAS-8 score of visit 1 and visit 2 2) Transition of Visual Analogue rating Scale (VAS) of patients admission, visit 1 and visit 2 | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kameda General Hospital Department of pharmacy