Title Pan‐European survey on medication adherence management by healthcare professionals /
Authors Kamusheva, Maria ; Aarnio, Emma ; Qvarnström, Miriam ; Hafez, Gaye ; Mucherino, Sara ; Potočnjak, Ines ; Trečiokienė, Indrė ; Mihajlović, Jovan ; Ekenberg, Marie ; van Boven, Job F. M ; Leiva‐Fernandez, Francisca
DOI 10.1111/bcp.16183
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Is Part of British journal of clinical pharmacology.. Hoboken : Wiley. 2024, Early Access, p. [1-11].. ISSN 0306-5251. eISSN 1365-2125
Keywords [eng] ENABLE ; Europe ; healthcare professionals ; medication adherence
Abstract [eng] Aims: While medication adherence (MA) is a key prerequisite for achieving optimalclinical and economic outcomes, nonadherence is highly prevalent. Assessing howhealthcare professionals (HCPs) in Europe manage MA, focusing on measurement,reporting and interventions, is the subject of this study.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 40 European countries andquantitative analysis was conducted via an online survey. The multi-language onlinesurvey was created using Webropol 3.0 survey and reporting tool. Descriptive statis-tics and chi-squared tests were applied.Results: In total, 2875 HCPs (pharmacists: 39.9%; physicians: 36.7%; nurses: 16.4%)from 37 European countries participated. The most used methods for MA assess-ment were direct communication with patients (86.4%) and referring to personalpatient records (56.7%) (P < 0.0001). Physicians (74.9%) and nurses (58.8%) weremore aware of problems related to MA in contrast to pharmacists (48.6%)(P < 0.001). Almost all HCPs (92.6%) indicated that MA-enhancing interventionsinvolved mainly direct communication with nonadherent patients (93.3%) and theircaregivers (55.7%). Medication review and related optimization of therapy weremainly performed in Western European countries (46.8%). Technological solutionswere ranked as one of the less applied approaches (10–15%) (P < 0.001).Conclusions: HCPs in all European regions recognize MA management as an integralelement of overall patient-centred care. More efforts are needed to ensure timely,adequate and relevant MA assessment, reporting and improvement and involvementof all HCPs, especially among pharmacists who were generally less aware of MA issues. Promotion and use of digital technological solutions should be the focus ofcurrent and future clinical practice to optimize MA management processes.
Published Hoboken : Wiley
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2024
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