Randomized Trial of a Pharmacist-Delivered Intervention for Improving Lipid-Lowering Medication Adherence among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Joint Authors
Rosal, Milagros C.
Gandhi, Pritesh J.
Ma, Yunsheng
Merriam, Philip A.
Ockene, Judith K.
Ockene, Ira S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-08-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A randomized trial of a pharmacist-delivered intervention (PI) versus usual care (UC) was conducted; 689 subjects with known coronary heart disease were recruited from cardiac catheterization laboratories.
Participants in the PI condition received 5 pharmacist-delivered telephone counseling calls post-hospital discharge.
At one year, 65% in the PI condition and 60% in the UC condition achieved an LDL-C level <100 mg/dL (P=.29); mean statin adherence was 0.88 in the PI, and 0.90 in the UC (P=.51).
The highest percentage of those who reached the LDL-C goal were participants who used statins as opposed to those who did not use statins (67% versus 58%, P=.05).
However, only 53% and 56% of the patients in the UC and PI conditions, respectively, were using statins.
We conclude that a pharmacist-delivered intervention aimed only at improving patient adherence is unlikely to positively affect outcomes.
Efforts must be oriented towards influencing physicians to increase statin prescription rates.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ma, Yunsheng& Ockene, Ira S.& Rosal, Milagros C.& Merriam, Philip A.& Ockene, Judith K.& Gandhi, Pritesh J.. 2010. Randomized Trial of a Pharmacist-Delivered Intervention for Improving Lipid-Lowering Medication Adherence among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease. Cholesterol،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ma, Yunsheng…[et al.]. Randomized Trial of a Pharmacist-Delivered Intervention for Improving Lipid-Lowering Medication Adherence among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease. Cholesterol No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ma, Yunsheng& Ockene, Ira S.& Rosal, Milagros C.& Merriam, Philip A.& Ockene, Judith K.& Gandhi, Pritesh J.. Randomized Trial of a Pharmacist-Delivered Intervention for Improving Lipid-Lowering Medication Adherence among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease. Cholesterol. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-11.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-467763