Unannounced telephone-based pill counts: a valid and feasible method for monitoring adherence.
AIDS Behav
; 18(12): 2265-73, 2014 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25331265
ABSTRACT
Phone-based unannounced pill counts to measure medication adherence are much more practical and less expensive than home-based unannounced pill counts, but their validity has not been widely assessed. We examined the validity of phone versus home-based pill counts using a simplified protocol streamlined for studies embedded in clinical care settings. A total of 100 paired counts were used to compare concordance between unannounced phone and home-based pill counts using interclass correlations. Discrepancy analyses using χ(2) tests compared demographic and clinical characteristics across patients who were concordant between phone and home-based pill counts and patients who were not concordant. Concordance was high for phone-based and home-based unannounced total pill counts, as well as individual medication counts and calculated adherence. This study demonstrates that a simplified phone-based pill count protocol can be implemented among patients from a routine clinical care setting and is a feasible means of monitoring medication adherence.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Telefone
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Infecções por HIV
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
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Adesão à Medicação
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Visita Domiciliar
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article