Evaluation of a pharmacist-led intervention to improve medication adherence in patients initiating dabigatran treatment: a comparison with standard pharmacy practice in Poland

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led intervention to improve medication adherence in patients initiating dabigatran treatment: a comparison with standard pharmacy practice in Poland

Abstract Backround Dabigatran is a direct thrombin inhibitor used to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and rates of non-adherence to dabigatran in Polish populations are high. The current study examined how a pharmacist-led intervention of counselling with pictogram-enhanced medication instructions, and sm...

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Main Authors: Piotr Merks, Jameason D. Cameron, Marcin Balcerzak, Urszula Religioni, Damian Świeczkowski, Mikołaj Konstanty, Dagmara Hering, Filip M. Szymański, Milosz Jaguszewski, Régis Vaillancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Primary Care
Subjects:
Dabigatran
Atrial fibrillation
Venous thromboembolism
Pictogram
Medication adherence
Pharmacist
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01821-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01821-9

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