Journal article
Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving patient adherence to antihypertensives: A randomised controlled trial
R Lau, K Stewart, KP McNamara, SL Jackson, JD Hughes, GM Peterson, DA Bortoletto, J McDowell, MJ Bailey, A Hsueh, J George
BMC Health Services Research | BMC | Published : 2010
Abstract
Background. The majority of patients using antihypertensive medications fail to achieve their recommended target blood pressure. Poor daily adherence with medication regimens and a lack of persistence with medication use are two of the major reasons for failure to reach target blood pressure. There is no single intervention to improve adherence with antihypertensives that is consistently effective. Community pharmacists are in an ideal position to promote adherence to chronic medications. This study aims to test a specific intervention package that could be integrated into the community pharmacy workflow to enable pharmacists to improve patient adherence and/or persistence with antihypertens..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The HAPPY trial is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement through the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement Research & Development Grants Program managed by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. The authors thank Thomas Donovan from Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University; Luke Bereznicki, Jill Finch, Peter Gee and Angus Thompson from Medication Outcomes Research and Education, School of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania; and Elsamaul Elhebir, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University for their valuable contributions to the running of the HAPPY Trial.