Feasibility of the Integrative Medication Self-Management Intervention to Promote Medication Adherence — IMedS  

Chronic Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Feasibility of the Integrative Medication Self-Management Intervention to Promote Medication Adherence

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Many persons with chronic health conditions fail to take their medications as prescribed, resulting in declines in health and function. Unfortunately, current interventions for medication nonadherence are not very effective. This objective of this study is to test a new intervention, the Integrative Medication Self-management (IMedS) intervention to improve medication adherence in adults with chronic health conditions.

Clinical Trial Description

Many persons with chronic health conditions fail to take their medications as prescribed, resulting in declines in health and function. Objective: The purpose of this study was to perform a phase I feasibility study to understand if an integrated occupational therapy intervention could help people with chronic health conditions improve their adherence to medications. Method: Using a small-N design, we report single-subject analyses of the medication adherence, behavior counts, and perceptions of medication adherence of participants before and after either an occupational therapy intervention or standard of care intervention. We used a multiple baseline approach with inter-subject replication, and blinding. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Medication Adherence

• NCT number: NCT02706548
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: October 2014
• Completion date: May 2015