Effectiveness of Medication Review in Improving Medication Knowledge and Adherence in Primary Care Patients:

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Bandy QiulingGoh¹ 

关键词: Adherence;    Knowledge;    Medication review;    Pharmacists;   

DOI  :  10.1177/201010581402300207

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:Medication review by pharmacists can be an important educational intervention to improve adherence rates as it can potentially address many of its barriers. Medication review may also directly improve the patient's knowledge and understanding of his or her drug regimen. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of medication review as an intervention to improve a patient's knowledge and adherence to their chronic medications.Methods:Two hundred and forty patients from four polyclinics, who were referred by their prescribers for pharmacist-conducted medication review, were recruited for this prospective study. The effectiveness of medication review in improving their knowledge of and adherence to chronic medications was evaluated using a two-part questionnaire, which was applied before intervention and upon follow-up. The data collated was then analysed using Student's paired t-test, Chi-square and Pearson's correlation test.Results:Of the 195 patients who completed follow-up, 93.8% demonstr...

【 授权许可】

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