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Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky

Description

To test the feasibility and promise of a combined intervention provided by community health worker (CHW) in collaboration with pharmacy technician and pharmacist to improve hypertension and long-term stroke outcomes by identifying and reducing barriers to medication adherence among ischemic stroke survivors. This collaborative intervention involves a self-management program including an educational session on practical strategies to improve hypertension control (i.e., appropriately taking medications, necessity of treatment, and consequences of not taking medicine, etc.), complemented by individually-tailored sessions to identify and address barriers to medication adherence.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

To test the feasibility and promise of a combined intervention provided by community health worker (CHW) in collaboration with pharmacy technician and pharmacist to improve hypertension and long-term stroke outcomes by identifying and reducing barriers to medication adherence among ischemic stroke survivors. This collaborative intervention involves a self-management program including an educational session on practical strategies to improve hypertension control (i.e., appropriately taking medications, necessity of treatment, and consequences of not taking medicine, etc.), complemented by individually-tailored sessions to identify and address barriers to medication adherence.

Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky

Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky

Condition
Stroke (CVA) or Transient Ischemic Attack
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Lexington

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40356

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult patients with history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the past 2 years
  • * residing in a rural county in Kentucky
  • * significant aphasia
  • * cognitive impairment
  • * a terminal illness
  • * other neurologic deficits that would impede from providing informed consent or meaningfully participate in the one-to-one sessions.
  • * a prior aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and or aneurysm, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, vasculitis, blood clotting disorder due to genetic causes
  • * if the patient does not take any secondary preventative medications

Ages Eligible for Study

30 Years to 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Hend Mansoor,

Hend Mansoor, PharmD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Kentucky

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31