Key result
Multifaceted community pharmacist intervention fails to improve self-reported medication adherence at 6 months versus control.
Why the study?
Does a multifaceted community pharmacist intervention improve self-reported medication adherence and blood pressure in adults with primary hypertension?
RCT (n=395)
non-blinded
cluster-randomized
Does a multifaceted community pharmacist intervention improve self-reported medication adherence and blood pressure in adults with primary hypertension?
Absolute Event Rate: 73.5% vs 63.6%
p-value: p=0.23
A multifaceted pharmacist intervention did not significantly improve overall self-reported adherence but did significantly reduce systolic blood pressure and improved adherence in patients who were non-adherent at baseline.
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Does not support pharmacist interventions to improve adherence in hypertension; challenges broad efficacy and leaves BP effects open for targeted trials.
Stewart et al. (2014) conducted an RCT in primary hypertension (n=395). Multifaceted pharmacist intervention vs. Control was evaluated on change in proportion self-reporting medication adherence (p=0.23). A multifaceted community pharmacist intervention did not significantly increase self-reported medication adherence at 6 months compared to control (73.5% vs 63.6%, P=0.23).
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