Authors' response to the comments to "Structured pharmacist-led intervention programme to improve medication adherence in COPD patients: A randomized controlled study"

Suhaj Abdulsalim; Unnikrishnan Mazhuvancherry Kesavan; Manu K. Mohan; Alian A. Alrasheedy; Brian Godman; Donald E. Morisky

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.12.008

Authors' response to the comments to "Structured pharmacist-led intervention programme to improve medication adherence in COPD patients: A randomized controlled study"

Suhaj Abdulsalim, Unnikrishnan Mazhuvancherry Kesavan, Manu K. Mohan, Alian A. Alrasheedy, Brian Godman, Donald E. Morisky

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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We appreciate the comments by Basu regarding our study on the pharmacist-led intervention program to improve medication adherence in COPD patients.1,2 We agree that future studies could consider examining, more specifically, the impact of pharmacists' intervention on inhalation technique, per se. However, this was neither a part of our study nor could be captured. Regarding purchase of medications for the study subjects, there was no financial support for either group. Although our patients were from the lower socioeconomic strata, they usually arranged their own money to meet their medical expenses. Dyspnoea was the most troublesome symptom that forced them to seek care and make such arrangements.3,4

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Journal	Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Early online date	30 Dec 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.12.008
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 Dec 2017

Keywords

pharmacist intervention
medical adherence
COPD patients

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Abdulsalim, S., Kesavan, U. M., Mohan, M. K., Alrasheedy, A. A., Godman, B., & Morisky, D. E. (2017). Authors' response to the comments to "Structured pharmacist-led intervention programme to improve medication adherence in COPD patients: A randomized controlled study". Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.12.008

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