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Effects of telephone counselling on mortality and adherence
Author(s) -
Holland Richard,
Rechel Boika,
Wright David
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.4
Subject(s) - medicine , polypharmacy , pharmacist , randomized controlled trial , critical appraisal , family medicine , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , pharmacy , pathology
A randomised controlled trial published in a peer‐reviewed journal is considered to be the ‘gold standard’ of information about the effectiveness of a treatment; however, critical appraisal of trials is required in order to judge the value and implications of the results. Here, the authors present their appraisal of a study that investigated the effects of telephone calls from a pharmacist on mortality in patients taking five or more drugs. Wu JY, Leung WY, Chang S, et al . Effectiveness of telephone counselling by a pharmacist in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2006;333(7567):522. Copyright © 2006 Wiley Interface Ltd