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Pharmacists Improving Refugees' Adherence and Knowledge of Their Chronic Medications

NCT04554810 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2020-09-18

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Summary

This study is a randomized, controlled, single-blinded clinical study which conducted over six months (May to October 2016) in different Jordanian cities, where most of Syrian refugees reside. The primary aim of this study was to assess refugees' adherence and knowledge of their chronic medications, and impact of the medication management review (MMR) service delivered by a clinical pharmacist on their adherence and knowledge of their chronic medications three months following delivering the service.

An informed consent form was signed by all participants who accepted to participate (n=106). Participants were then randomized into intervention and control groups. The first group would have received the medication management review service during the study period, while the to the other group directly after the study was completed (after three months' time). Two validated questionnaire were used in the study for assessment; adherence to medications questionnaire and Knowledge about chronic medications questionnaire. These questionnaire were filled by tha patients at baseline and follow up home visits.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Medication Management Service

Medication review was delivered to the Syrian refugees by accredited pharmacists at the baseline visit. This followed by identifying the treatment-related problems (TRP) by the clinical pharmacist, and correction of the approved TRPs by the corresponding physicians and finally convey these changes in medications to the patients. In addition, counselling and education were delivered to the refugees' patients in the base line visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Prof. Iman Basheti

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • I A Basheti · Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-10
Primary Completion
2015-12-10
Completion
2016-01-30

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