Jia?Rong Wu|Barbara A. Mark|George J. Knafl|Sandra B. Dunbar|Patricia P. Chang|Darren A. DeWalt
A multi-component, family-focused and literacy-sensitive intervention to improve medication adherence in patients with heart failure–A randomized controlled trial
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Emory University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
background medication nonadherence prevalent links serious outcomes eg rehospitalizationdeath heart failure hf patients therefore urgent need exists intervention improve sustain adherence intervention completion objectives test efficacy multicomponent familyfocused literacysensitive famlit intervention medication adherence hf patients methods fortythree hf patients care partners enrolled randomized receive famlit attentiononly intervention including inperson session baseline biweekly phone boosters 3 months measured medication adherence baseline 3month postintervention using medication event monitoring system results 3month intervention intervention patients significantly better medication adherence control patients 6 months 3months postintervention intervention effect adherence sustained famlit intervention group adherence decreased control group conclusion incorporating care partner support providing easytounderstand intervention patientscare partners may improvesustain adherence