ArticleEinstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2021
The use of an electronic medication organizer device with alarm to improve medication adherence of older adults with hypertension.
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- A Systematic Review of Compensation and Technology-Mediated Strategies to Maintain Older Adults' Medication Adherence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- A comprehensive global review on pharmacist-led strategies to support medication therapy in hypertensive patients.Journal of human hypertension · 2025Review
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- Effect of Pillbox Organizers with Alarms on Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Parkinson Disease Patients Taking Three and More Daily Doses of Dopaminergic Medications.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine whether the use of a monthly electronic medication organizer device equipped with an alarm clock, called Electronic System for Personal and Controlled Use of Medications (Supermed), improves medication adherence of older adults with hypertension.
methodsThis is a quali-quantitative, prospective, before-and-after study performed with 32 older adult patients with diagnosis of hypertension, who were recruited at a Primary Care Unit in Brazil.
resultsThe main outcome measures were improvement of medication adherence and blood pressure control after intervention with Supermed. Regarding medication adherence, 81.2% of patients were "less adherent" in the pre-intervention period, and 96.9% were "more adherent" in the post-intervention period. This means that 78.1% of patients changed from "less adherent" to "more adherent" after the intervention with Supermed (p<0.001). The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure differences between intervention day and post-intervention were 18.5mmHg (p<0.0001) and 4.3mmHg (p<0.007), respectively, and the differences between mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure between pre-intervention and post-intervention were 21.6mmHg (p<0.001) and 4.7mmHg (p<0.001) respectively.
conclusionThe use of Supermed significantly improved self-reported medication adherence and blood pressure control in a hypertensive older adult population.
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