Effects of a TELephone Counselling Intervention by Pharmacist (TelCIP) on medication adherence, patient beliefs and satisfaction with information for patients starting treatment: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

DiscussionThe TelCIP study will determine the effectiveness of telephone counselling to improve adherence in patients initiating a new treatment. By measuring satisfaction with information and counselling and beliefs about medication the study will also give clues for the reason of a potential increase in adherence. Finally the study will provide information on which patients are most likely to benefit from this intervention.Trial registration: The trial is registered at www.trialregister.nl under the identifier NTR3237.

Source: BMC Health Services Research - May 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Marcel KooyErica van GeffenEibert HeerdinkLiset van DijkMarcel Bouvy Source Type: research