A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a SystemCHANGE Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Adult Stroke Survivors

BACKGROUND: Adhering to an antithrombotic medication regimen is essential to reducing recurrent stroke in adult stroke survivors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the SystemCHANGE (SC) and attention control (AC) intervention in older adult, nonadherent ischemic stroke patients. METHODS: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the feasibility and acceptability of an SC versus AC intervention in older adult, nonadherent stroke survivors in the management of antithrombotic medication. Participants were masked to group assignment. Stroke survivors 50 years or older, taking at least 1 once-a-day antithrombotic medication, were recruited from a Midwest Comprehensive Stroke Center–affiliated neurology office. They were screened electronically using the Medication Event Monitoring System for 2 months to determine baseline medication adherence. Nonadherent stroke survivors (medication adherence
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research