Pharmacotherapy review: a proposal to improve medication adherence among hypertensive patients
| Autor: | Cláudia Coelho Rigoni, Evelin Soares de Brito, Graziela Modolon Alano, Dayani Galato |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 51, Iss 4, Pp 763-773 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2175-9790 1984-8250 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1984-82502015000400002 |
| Popis: | Abstract Pharmacotherapy review is a structured assessment of medicines, which aims to obtain a partnership with patients to achieve drug treatment goals and agreement about drug dosage, as well as when and how the drugs should be administered. The objective was to analyze the influence of pharmacotherapy review, by scheduling drug administration to improve medication adherence among antihypertensive patients. This study was an uncontrolled intervention developed in three distinct stages. The first stage included data collection on the profile of patients and their medications, and a preliminary assessment of medication adherence. In the second stage, the review report was delivered to patients. In the third stage, the results of blood pressure and medication adherence were assessed. The influence of the revision was measured through statistical tests (p |
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