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Trial reportAtencion primaria2009

[Study on the use of a smart pillbox to improve treatment compliance].

María Teresa Morales Suárez-Varela, GEMECOR

Erratum issued Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readEnglish AbstractRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Atencion primaria, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02071498 (Effectiveness and Utility of a Virtual Custom Tool to Reduce the Medication Errors of Patients Older Than 65 Years Pluripatologic With Complex Therapeutic Regimens), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02071498 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2012, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness and Utility of a Virtual Custom Tool to Reduce the Medication Errors of Patients Older Than 65 Years Pluripatologic With Complex Therapeutic Regimens

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad Miguel Hernandez de ElcheRan2012 to 2013Enrolled99ConditionsDiabetes, HypertensionArmsPillbox app named ALICE, oral and written information
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

María Teresa Morales Suárez-VarelaDelegación de Salud Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain. teresa.morales.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
GEMECOR
University of Córdoba · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the usefulness of the Practidose individualised dispensing and dosing pillbox system in improving treatment compliance (TC).

designOpen-labelled, randomised, clinical trial.

settingCordoba province from April to September 2005. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTEXT: A total of 220 patients 70 years diagnosed with ineffective management of treatment regime, polymedicated with no cognitive deterioration or limited mobility. Enrolment was carried out by block random assignment. Each district linking nurse was assigned 10 interviews, 5 from the intervention group and 5 from a control group.

interventionTo give a smart pillbox with instructions. MEASUREMENTS AND PRIMARY OUTCOMES: The response variable was the TC measured using the Morisky-Green questionnaire at the beginning and at 2 months. The independent variables were: age, sex, education level, number of people living in the home and mean age, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, COPD, number of medications, number of daily and weekly doses self-medication, and interest in the patient information leaflet. A descriptive analysis and a multiple logistic regression were performed on the data. A total of 182 patients finished the study. The TC improved by 6.74% in the intervention group and by 2.15% in the control group. To look after the medications and suffer from COPD lead to better TC, and was less so when there was interest in the patient information leaflet.

conclusionsThe improvement in treatment compliance with the Practidose Pillbox was not statistically significant, although a positive tendency was observed.

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Drug TherapyPatient ComplianceAgedDrug PackagingFemaleHumansMale

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PMID19328598
PMCPMC7665107
OpenAlexW2067669715

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