Improving Syrian Refugees' Knowledge of Medications and Adherence Following a Randomized Control Trial Assessing the Effect of a Medication Management Review Service
Sponsor study identifier
interventional
106
0 countries
N/A
Study Start
May 10, 2015
Actual (reported)Primary Completion
December 10, 2015
Actual (reported)Study Completion
January 30, 2016
Actual (reported)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.
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January 30, 2016
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May 10, 2015
Actual (reported)December 10, 2015
Actual (reported)January 30, 2016
Actual (reported)September 8, 2020
Actual (reported)September 18, 2020
Actual (reported)Adherence to medications scores
how often the patient during the last month forgot to take his/her medication/s, skipped it, stopped it when feeling better, stopped it when feeling worse or stopped it when they experienced a side effect. The measurement scale used in this questionnaire was scored at 0 (never), 1 (rarely), 2 (sometimes), 3 (often) and 4 (always). Hence, adherence was analysed as a continuous scale out of 32. Higher scores indicted lower adherence by the patient.
3 months
Knowledge about chronic medications scores
The questionnaire consisted of five questions related to patients' medications including 1- scientific medication name, 2- generic medication name, 3- how, 4- when, and 5- why was the patient taking each medication. The knowledge about medications was analysed as a continuous scale out of five. Higher scores indicated less knowledge about one's medication therapy.
3 months
Intervention group participants are the refugees who received the medication management review service and pharmacist's counselling. They have been assessed at baseline and at follow-up after 3 months) home visits.
Control group participants are the refugees who did not received the medication management review service and no pharmacist's counselling wsa provided to them during the study period. They have been assessed at baseline and at follow-up (after 3 months) home visits.
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.
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Alalawneh M, Berardi A, Nuaimi N, Basheti IA. Improving Syrian refugees' knowledge of medications and adherence following a randomized control trial assessing the effect of a medication management review service. PLoS One. 2022 Oct 14;17(10):e0276304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276304. eCollection 2022.
I A Basheti
Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan
106 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
September 8, 2020
First Posted
September 18, 2020
Study Start
May 10, 2015
Actual (reported)Communicating Health Information and Improving Coordination With Primary Care
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Primary Completion
December 10, 2015
Actual (reported)Study Completion
January 30, 2016
Actual (reported)Last Updated
September 18, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-09
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