Efficacy of a Intervention to Reduce Medication Errors and Improve Adherence

N/ACompletedNCT01291966

Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba154 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

154

Conditions

Medication Adherence Patient Compliance

Interventions

Motivational interviewBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria

Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

medication errors in the patients

Medication errors before and after the intervention in each group

Time frame: Baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Percentage of adherence

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

Time frame: Baseline and 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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