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urn:hdl:2445/226216 A study protocol for an experimental study for a pharmaceutical care programme to improve chronic complex disease management: PCAF programme Torres-Novellas, Berta Guayta, Rafael (Guayta Escolies) Rius, Pilar Castellà, Amparo Gascón Lecha, M. Pilar Modamio Charles, Pilar Mariño Hernández, Eduardo L. Malalties cròniques Atenció farmacèutica Chronic diseases Pharmacy practice The prevalence of elderly patients with chronic illnesses, associated polypharmacy and a high risk of functional and cognitive impairment has increased in recent</p><p>years. The care of Complex Chronic Patients (CCP) therefore represents a challenge for health systems in developed countries around the world. This paper presents</p><p>a study protocol that will explore the effects of an intervention within a pharmaceutical care programme (PCAF) on optimising CCP care and on the suitability of</p><p>the organisational methods proposed for the PCAF programme.</p><p>This is a multicentre experimental study. The setting will be primary health care and community pharmacies in the so-called ‘autonomous community’ of Catalonia</p><p>in Spain. The participants will be CPP attended to Primary Healthcare Centres with the CCP code in their electronic medical record. The included CCP will be</p><p>distributed in two strata depending on whether they will be considered likely to receive the arranged medicinal treatment as Monitored Dosage System according</p><p>to benefits based on criteria or not. They will then be assigned by random stratified sampling at a ratio of 1:1 to the control or intervention groups. A sample size of</p><p>860 patients is estimated. Patients will undergo 12 months follow-up. The primary outcome of this study will be the medication adherence measured by the Morisky</p><p>Green Test and the billing/prescription ratio. 2026-01-27T10:05:55Z 2026-01-27T10:05:55Z 2021 2026-01-27T10:05:55Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.15761/TiM.1000262 Trends in Medicine, 2021, vol. 21, p. 1-5 https://doi.org/10.15761/TiM.1000262 cc-by (c) Torres-Novellas, B. et al., 2021 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Open Access Text Articles publicats en revistes (Farmàcia, Tecnologia Farmacèutica i Fisicoquímica)