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| Title |
Effectiveness of pharmaceutical care at discharge in the emergency department: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13063-015-0579-3 |
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| Authors |
Regina Kuhmmer, Karine Margarites Lima, Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro, Luciano Serpa Hammes, Gisele Alsina Nader Bastos, Maria Claudia Schardosim Cotta de Souza, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Guilherme Alcides Flores Soares Rollin, Suhelen Caon, Cátia Moreira Guterres, Leni Everson Araújo Leite, Tássia Scholante Delabary, Maicon Falavigna |
| Abstract |
Patient education on pharmacological therapy may increase medication adherence and decrease hospitalizations. Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care at emergency department discharge in patients with hypertension and/or diabetes. This is a randomized controlled trial. Participants will be recruited from a public emergency department at Restinga district in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. A total of 380 patients will be randomly assigned into 2 groups at the moment of emergency department discharge after receiving medical orientations: an intervention group, consisting of a structured individual counseling session by a pharmacist in addition to written orientations, or a control group, consisting only of written information about the disease. Outcomes will be assessed in an ambulatory visit 2 months after the randomization. The primary outcome is the proportion of patients with high medication adherence assessed using the Morisky-Green Test and the Brief Medication Questionnaire. The secondary outcomes are reduction of blood pressure, glycated hemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose, quality of life and number of visits to the emergency department. Pharmaceutical care interventions have shown to be feasible and effective in increasing medication adherence in both hospital outpatient and community pharmacy settings. However, there have been no previous assessments of the effectiveness of pharmacy care interventions initiated in patients discharged from emergency departments. Our hypothesis is that pharmaceutical counseling is also effective in this population. ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT01978925 (11 November 2013) and Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials U1111-1149-8922 (5 November 2013). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 156 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 21% |
| Researcher | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 18% |
| Unknown | 45 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 30% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 25 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Psychology | 7 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 49 | 31% |