Pharmaceutical Care in Ambulatory Hemodialysis Patients

Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Medication Adherence; Renal Failure Chronic Requiring Hemodialysis; Chronic Renal Diseases

Treatments: Other: Pharmaceutical care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02452788

AMhem-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care, compared to usual care, in improving medication adherence behaviour of ambulatory hemodialysis patients.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18 years or more
• Chronic renal patients undergoing regular hemodialysis
• Receiving their scheduled medications (at least one drug)

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to answer the questionnaire or to sign the informed consent form
• Inability to obtain prescription drugs

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Other group

Description:

Pharmaceutical care with educational intervention provided by a pharmacist to ambulatory hemodialysis patients

Treatment:

Other: Pharmaceutical care

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual Care