Improving Compliance Among Elderly Polypharmacy Users Through Community Pharmacy Based Pharmaceutical Care Program
Summary
The aim of the project is to evaluate effectiveness of a multidimensional pharmaceutical care plan in improving compliance among elderly polypharmacy users at community pharmacy settings. The specific objective of the project is to determine effects of pharmaceutical care program on medication adherence and persistence among elderly polypharmacy users.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Active Control, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Conditions
Polypharmacy
Intervention
Pharmaceutical care program
Location
Ringkøbing Løve Apotek
Ringkøbing
Denmark
6950
Status
Active, not recruiting
Source
Ringkobing Love Apotek
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00916214
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-07-23T21:14:16-0400
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