TY - JOUR
T1 - A pharmacy-based coaching program to improve adherence to antidepressant treatment among primary care patients
AU - Brook, O.H.
AU - van Hout, H.P.J.
AU - Stalman, W.A.B.
AU - Nieuwenhuyse, H.
AU - Bakker, B.
AU - Heerdink, E.
AU - de Haan, M.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The effects on adherence and depressive symptoms of a community pharmacy-based coaching program, including a take-home videotape, were evaluated in a randomized! controlled trial in the Netherlands. A total of 147 depressed primary care patients who had a new antidepressant prescription were included in the study. Adherence was measured with an electronic pill container and was also derived from pharmacy medication records; the latter method was associated with an overestimation of adherence of only 5 percent. Intention-to-treat analyses showed no intervention effect on adherence (73 percent compared with 76 percent), whereas analyses of patients who received the intervention (per protocol) showed improved adherence (73 percent compared with 90 percent). Neither analysis showed effects on depressive symptoms.
AB - The effects on adherence and depressive symptoms of a community pharmacy-based coaching program, including a take-home videotape, were evaluated in a randomized! controlled trial in the Netherlands. A total of 147 depressed primary care patients who had a new antidepressant prescription were included in the study. Adherence was measured with an electronic pill container and was also derived from pharmacy medication records; the latter method was associated with an overestimation of adherence of only 5 percent. Intention-to-treat analyses showed no intervention effect on adherence (73 percent compared with 76 percent), whereas analyses of patients who received the intervention (per protocol) showed improved adherence (73 percent compared with 90 percent). Neither analysis showed effects on depressive symptoms.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/16344385255
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=16344385255&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.487
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.487
M3 - Article
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 56
SP - 487
EP - 489
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 4
ER -
