THE Medicines Advice Service
Evaluation (MASE) conducted a
trial of a pharmacist-led telephone-based
intervention which may
improve medication adherence,
and has been published in BJM
Quality and Safety.
677 patients prescribed at least
one oral medication for type
2 diabetes were recruited to
the study and randomised (340
intervention, 337 control).
Intervention involved two
telephone consultations with a
pharmacist four to six weeks apart,
plus a written summary and a
reminder chart.
Analyses of dispensing data
revealed the odds of being
classified as adherent (≥90%) were
60% greater for the intervention
group compared with the control
group, however, patients who
provided blood samples, glycaemic
and lipid control did not differ.
Further work is needed to confirm
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