Major depressive disorder Medication adherence Medication adherence, pharmaceutical care, counseling, smartphone app, pharmacist, depression
Conditions
Interventions
The investigators were pharmacy students working under the supervision of a pharmacy faculty instructor and a clinical pharmacist from Psychiatric Hospital. They tailored in-person pharmaceutical care
Experimental Device,Active Comparator Device
Depression-Specific Pharmaceutical care and Smartphone App ,raditional pharmaceutical care counseling and chatbot
Sponsors
Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient were included if they were outpatient and firstly received a diagnosis of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problem 10th Revision (ICD 10) with disease codes F32.0 to F32.2 by psychiatrists, aged 18 years, were willing to use smartphone app and received treatment during the data collection period, that is, from November, 2020 to February 10, 2021.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: They were excluded if they presented a Clinical Global Impression Severity scale (CGI-S) score greater than 6, were unable to follow up during the study, were visually impaired, hearing impaired or unable to communicate, received a diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, neurodegenerative disorder, or a chronic disease requiring other medications.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medication adherence 1 month Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS), | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medication adherence 1 month percentage of pills counted | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactRewadee Jenraumjit
Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University
Outcome results
None listed