Abstract
A study involving cardiac and hyperlipoproteinemic outpatients was carried out to determine whether medication compliance was affected by additional medication instruction provided by a pharmacist.
Two samples of 14 cardiac and 20 hyperlipoproteinemic outpatients were each randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental groups received instruction concerning the prescribed use of their medication by the investigator/pharmacist. The control groups did not receive instruction. A home interview, including pill count, was utilized in determining compliance.
Those groups which received instruction made fewer medication errors than the control groups which did not receive instruction. This difference in medication errors was significant for both cardiac and hyperlipoproteinemic outpatients.
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