Medication Adherence, Patient Compliance
Conditions
Keywords
medication errors, Patient Compliance, patient safety, polypharmacy
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that an intervention based on the motivational interview directed to patients with polypharmacy to improve the Therapeutic Adherence and to reduce the errors of Medication in major measure that the habitual intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational interview
Sponsors
Sociedad Andaluza de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with polypharmacy (5 or more medicines) * That detects to them a problem of Therapeutic Adherence * That agree to take part in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Immobilized patients or with an index of Barthel lower than 60 points * Incapable to fulfill ABVD * Patients with cognitive deterioration * Patients with diagnosis of ictus in the last 6 months * That has been admitted to hospital 2 or more times in the last year Institutionalized patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| medication errors in the patients | Baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months | Medication errors before and after the intervention in each group |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of adherence | Baseline and 6 months | To measure adherence to treatment will use a combination of direct methods (counting of medication) and indirect tests are passed or self-reported compliance test Haynes-Sackett and Morisky-Green test |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed