Medication Adherence With Polyglot Meducation

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia

In brief

The investigators propose a 6 month pre-post, pilot,feasibility study with up to 25 individuals among veterans with cardiovascular disease risk factors including Hypertension (HT), Diabetes Mellitis (DM) and Hyperlipidemia (HL) who receive care from the hospital-based primary care clinics associated with Durham VAMC. The investigators will examine veteran's perception and ease of using an innovative tool to help improve medication adherence to cardiovascular medications. This study aims to focus on patients with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers to address 1) appropriate use of medications 2)maximize patient self-care and care by families and other caregivers 3) make available a tool for medication management 4) managing complex regimens, and 5) addressing health literacy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01744392

Run by

Durham VA Medical Center

People needed

23

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in one of three DVAMC Primary Care Clinics affiliated with the hospital for at least one year;
• At least one visit to a primary care provider (PCP) at Durham VAMC associated primary care clinics in the previous 12 months;
• Outpatient diagnostic code for hypertension (> 140/90), diabetes and/or hypercholesterolemia
• Prescription for metoprolol tartrate (twice a day beta blocker, most common 2 day medication prescribed in the VA)
• Baseline Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) of < 80% indicating medication non adherence
• More than 9 active medications.

You may not qualify if…

• diagnosed with metastatic cancer,
• diagnosed with dementia documented in medical record,
• active diagnosis of psychosis documented in medical record with admission with last 30 days
• participating in another clinical trial,
• not currently receiving care at the Durham VAMC
• resident of a nursing home,
• hard time seeing type/printing on books, magazines articles, etc.
• hard time hearing or speaking on the telephone
• limited/no access to telephone
• currently a patient in the primary care pharmacist medication management clinic at Durham VAMC
• plans to move medical care from DVAMC in next 12 months

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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