From: Systematic review of the health and societal effects of medication organisation devices
Study | Design | Outcome measure | Change in outcome | n MOD | n control | p-value |
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Becker 1986 [20] | RCT | Diastolic blood pressure | β = 1.45 | 86 | 85 | 0.259 |
Huang 2000a [23] | RCT | Change in Vitamin C serum concentration | -0.9 (mg/dl) | 90 | 94 | 0.47 |
Change in Vitamin E serum concentration | -2.4 (mg/dl) | Â | Â | 0.06* | ||
Huang 2000b [23] | RCT | Change in Vitamin E serum concentration | 0.9 (mg/dl) | 148 | 149 | 0.53 |
Petersen 2007 [24] | Prospective | Viral Load | 0.36 mean log10 copies/mL. Increased odds of viral load below 400 copies/ml OR 1.91 | Â | Â | <0.05* |
Rehder 1980 [25] | RCT | Change in diastolic blood pressure | 1Â mm Hg | 25 | 25 | > 0.05 |
Change in systolic blood pressure | Not reported | Â | Â | > 0.05 | ||
Roberts 2004 [18] | Cross-section | Number of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) | Non-MOD group reported more ADRs (47.79Â %) vs non-pharmacist filled MOD group (43.24Â %) and pharmacist filled MOD group (32.56Â %) | Â | Â | 0.022* |
The 14 item Older Americans Resource Scale for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (OARS-IADL) | Pharmacist filled MOD group had lower ability scores (10.25) vs non-pharmacist filled MOD group (12.70) and non-MOD group (12.34) | Â | Â | 0.001* | ||
Simmons 2000 [26] | RCT | Change in diastolic blood pressure | -5.9Â mm Hg | 36 | 32 | 0.0041* |
Change in systolic blood pressure | -1.0Â mm Hg | Â | Â | 0.89 | ||
Change in HbA1c | -0.8Â % | Â | Â | 0.026* |