CompletedNot Applicable

Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky

United States4 participantsStarted 2025-07-24

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range30 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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

What they're measuring

Change in Medication Adherence Questionnaire

Timeframe: Baseline and at 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07084051

SponsorHend Mansoor

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-12-31

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