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Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have implicated therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), by measuring serum or urine drug levels, as a highly reliable technique for detecting medication non-adherence but the attitudes of patients and physicians toward TDM have not been evaluated previously. Accordingly, we s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33247015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039940 |
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author | Schesing, Kevin B Chia, Ricardo Elwood, Bryan Halm, Ethan A Lee, Simon J Craddock Lodhi, Hamza Wu, Bryan Sharma, Shishir Smith, Scott A Jarrett, Robin B Das, Sandeep R Vongpatanasin, Wanpen |
author_facet | Schesing, Kevin B Chia, Ricardo Elwood, Bryan Halm, Ethan A Lee, Simon J Craddock Lodhi, Hamza Wu, Bryan Sharma, Shishir Smith, Scott A Jarrett, Robin B Das, Sandeep R Vongpatanasin, Wanpen |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have implicated therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), by measuring serum or urine drug levels, as a highly reliable technique for detecting medication non-adherence but the attitudes of patients and physicians toward TDM have not been evaluated previously. Accordingly, we solicited input from patients with uncontrolled hypertension and their physicians about their views on TDM. DESIGN: Prospective analysis of responses to a set of questions during semistructured interviews. SETTING: Outpatient clinics in an integrated health system which provides care for a low-income, uninsured population. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with uncontrolled hypertension with either systolic blood pressure of at least 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of at least 80 mm Hg despite antihypertensive drugs and providers in the general cardiology and internal medicine clinics. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Attitudes towards TDM and the potential impact on physician–patient relationship. RESULTS: We interviewed 11 patients and 10 providers and discussed the findings with 13 community advisory panel (CAP) members. Of the patients interviewed, 91% (10 of 11) and all 10 providers thought TDM was a good idea and should be used regularly to better understand the reasons for poorly controlled hypertension. However, 63% (7 of 11) of patients and 20% of providers expressed reservations that TDM could negatively impact the physician–patient relationship. Despite some concerns, the majority of patients, providers and CAP members believed that if test results are communicated without blaming patients, the potential benefits of TDM in identifying suboptimal adherence and eliciting barriers to adherence outweighed the risks. CONCLUSION: The idea of TDM is well accepted by patients and their providers. TDM information if delivered in a non-judgmental manner, to encourage an honest conversation between patients and physicians, has the potential to reduce patient–physician communication obstacles and to identify barriers to adherence which, when overcome, can improve health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-77034222020-12-09 Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study Schesing, Kevin B Chia, Ricardo Elwood, Bryan Halm, Ethan A Lee, Simon J Craddock Lodhi, Hamza Wu, Bryan Sharma, Shishir Smith, Scott A Jarrett, Robin B Das, Sandeep R Vongpatanasin, Wanpen BMJ Open Cardiovascular Medicine OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have implicated therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), by measuring serum or urine drug levels, as a highly reliable technique for detecting medication non-adherence but the attitudes of patients and physicians toward TDM have not been evaluated previously. Accordingly, we solicited input from patients with uncontrolled hypertension and their physicians about their views on TDM. DESIGN: Prospective analysis of responses to a set of questions during semistructured interviews. SETTING: Outpatient clinics in an integrated health system which provides care for a low-income, uninsured population. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with uncontrolled hypertension with either systolic blood pressure of at least 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of at least 80 mm Hg despite antihypertensive drugs and providers in the general cardiology and internal medicine clinics. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Attitudes towards TDM and the potential impact on physician–patient relationship. RESULTS: We interviewed 11 patients and 10 providers and discussed the findings with 13 community advisory panel (CAP) members. Of the patients interviewed, 91% (10 of 11) and all 10 providers thought TDM was a good idea and should be used regularly to better understand the reasons for poorly controlled hypertension. However, 63% (7 of 11) of patients and 20% of providers expressed reservations that TDM could negatively impact the physician–patient relationship. Despite some concerns, the majority of patients, providers and CAP members believed that if test results are communicated without blaming patients, the potential benefits of TDM in identifying suboptimal adherence and eliciting barriers to adherence outweighed the risks. CONCLUSION: The idea of TDM is well accepted by patients and their providers. TDM information if delivered in a non-judgmental manner, to encourage an honest conversation between patients and physicians, has the potential to reduce patient–physician communication obstacles and to identify barriers to adherence which, when overcome, can improve health outcomes. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7703422/ /pubmed/33247015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039940 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Cardiovascular Medicine Schesing, Kevin B Chia, Ricardo Elwood, Bryan Halm, Ethan A Lee, Simon J Craddock Lodhi, Hamza Wu, Bryan Sharma, Shishir Smith, Scott A Jarrett, Robin B Das, Sandeep R Vongpatanasin, Wanpen Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title | Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title_full | Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title_short | Assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
title_sort | assessment of patient and provider attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring to improve medication adherence in low-income patients with hypertension: a qualitative study |
topic | Cardiovascular Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33247015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039940 |
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