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Assessment of medication adherence and the costs associated with a calendar blister pack intervention among hypertensive patients in Malaysia: A randomized controlled trial

Tan BY 1 , Shafie AA 1 , Hassali MAA 1 , Saleem F 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Social & Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
SAGE Open Med, 2017;5:2050312117709189.
PMID: 28839933 DOI: 10.1177/2050312117709189

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and costs of a calendar blister packaging intervention used to improve medication adherence.

METHOD: A parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted with 73 hypertensive patients (intervention group = 35, control group = 38) at Hospital Kulim, Malaysia, for 7 months.

RESULTS: The intervention group demonstrated a significant improvement in medication possession ratio (p 

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