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Partners and Alerts: A Study of Social Forces in Medication Adherence

NCT01890018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 178

Last updated 2017-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overall objectives of this study are to improve medication adherence of patients and subsequent health outcomes.

This study is designed to examine the existence of strong associations between social networks and health behavior. This study intends to demonstrate that social forces are particularly effective at building enduring habits for healthy behavior, specifically adherence to statin medication for this study. The investigators believe the improved medication adherence will result in fewer additional vascular events, following the most recent of these events, and will result in fewer patient hospitalizations. The investigators will leverage insights from the fields of social comparison (being provided with information about the actions of others prompts social comparison that can significantly influence behavior), social pressures (encouragement or discouragement from others is a powerful social force that can influence individual behavior), and social triggers (cues in the environment can motivate people to take certain actions and have powerful effects on purchasing behavior).

The results of this study and experience gained from the implementation of these interventions will be used to inform new versions of a larger trial intervention to be tested in new patient cohorts in a rapid cycle framework.

Conditions

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Electronic Pill Bottle tracking

All 4 groups will use the GlowCaps, a remote monitoring bottle, to take their statin medications

BEHAVIORAL

Adherence Messaging

Some arms will receive adherence messages if they have not used the Glowcap bottles for 2 of the last 3 days.

BEHAVIORAL

Social Influence

Some arms will select their own adherence feedback partner who will provide support in taking their medication as scheduled.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Judd B Kessler, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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