Electronic dispensers for polypharmacy are used in home care to assist patients with their medication management and to improve adherence. Opioid dependent patients with substitution therapy often exhibit multiple risk factors for non-adherence. The increase of both the age and associated comorbidities in this population demand for innovative solutions to optimize medication management. The investigators developed a novel medication supply model with an automated electronic medication dispenser to simultaneously assist opioid dependent patients with their medication and objectively monitor their adherence. This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of the new supply model.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
Automated dispense of medication through an electronic dispenser
Outpatient addiction service, University Psychiatric Clinics
Basel, Switzerland
Taking Adherence (Number of days with correctly dispensed pouches (%)
Number of days with correctly dispensed pouches (%)
Time frame: continuous, up to 24 weeks
Timing adherence (number of correctly dispensed pouches within predefined time-frame (%)
number of correctly dispensed pouches within predefined time-frame (%)
Time frame: continuous, up to 24 weeks
Patients' specific routine parameters according to condition(s) of participant (composite outcome)
Individual clinical outcomes, eg blood pressure, blood sugar, HIV count...
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Psychological distress
SCL-90R self-report questionnaire
Time frame: inclusion, week 12, 24, 36
Quality of Life
SF-12 self-report questionnaire
Time frame: inclusion, weeks 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 36
Satisfaction
self-report questionnaire, interview
Time frame: week 12, 24, 36
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (Lawton-Brody)
Time frame: inclusion, week 12, 24, 36
Cognitive Impairment
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Time frame: inclusion, week 12, 24, 36
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