HCPs’ usual care activities to support adherence to statins
HCPs’ (physicians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) usual care activities to support medication adherence to statins are reported in table 2. The median usual care activities total scores ranged from 21-23 between the three subgroups (table 3). The highest median sum scores (as percentage of the maximum sum score) were found on sub scales for attitude and facilitation (for all types of HCPs) and awareness (for physicians). The lowest median sum scores were found on sub scales for action control and social influence (for all HCPs) (table 3).
The top three most frequently reported usual care activities by physicians were: “Explain what cholesterol is and why raised cholesterol is undesirable“, “Explain how often and how long the medication should be used”, “Giving feedback about the effect of the statin using laboratory findings”.For pharmacy teams this consisted of: “Monitor and/or discuss possible interactions with other drugs”, “Discuss the common side effects of the drug “, “Verbal explanation about statins“ (table 2).
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