Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 30
Maximum Age: 90
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Adult patients with history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the past 2 years

• residing in a rural county in Kentucky

Locations
United States
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
RECRUITING
Lexington
Contact Information
Primary
Hend Mansoor, PharmD, PhD
hmansoor@uky.edu
859-218-1607
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-07-24
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: Stroke Survivors
self-management program with an an educational session and an individually-tailored session on medication adherence.
Sponsors
Leads: Hend Mansoor
Collaborators: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

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