Acceptability of a Medication Adherence Intervention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessing the Acceptability of a Medication Adherence Intervention for Stroke Survivors
IRAS ID
205714
Contact name
Alison Wright
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
Medicines prescribed to reduce or prevent the risk of a future stroke have been shown to work well. However, research has found that up to one third of stroke survivors are not taking their medicines as prescribed.
Evidence assessing the effect and usefulness of programmes (interventions) attempting to support and improve medicine taking, show mixed results. Therefore, we have developed an intervention aiming to support and improve medicine taking in stroke survivors. We used existing evidence as well as a theory to underpin the intervention design in the hope that this approach would be more successful.
An important step in intervention development is to find out how acceptable the design and features of the intervention are to those delivering and those receiving the intervention. This will increase the likelihood of stroke survivors wanting to use the intervention and ensure that the intervention is relevant to them. It will also improve the application of the intervention in research and routine healthcare.
Therefore, we want to carry out semi-structured interviews with stroke survivors and healthcare professionals, in a location convenient for them. The interviews will last no longer than one hour. We will be recruiting participants through the South London Stroke Register or through King's College London academic networks, hoping to interview up to 15 stroke survivors (carers can be present) and up to 15 healthcare professionals. We want to find out participant views on medicine taking, what helps or hinders medicine taking and what they think of the current intervention design. Then, changes will be made to the intervention design based on the answers given.
The aim of this study is to identify how acceptable this new intervention is. This will assist future research testing the intervention in a healthcare setting, to see if it is feasible and can be implemented successfully.
REC name
London - City & East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1748
Date of REC Opinion
28 Oct 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion