Thread by @DrRaniKhatib

Delighted. MYMEDS published. Invaluable tool to support cardiology post-MI person-centred consultation by all healthcare professionals.
✔️ Understand patients medicines taking experience
✔️ Identify and address modifiable barriers to adherence.
@BMC_series
bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Developed at @LeedsHospitals @UoL_LICAMM @unileedscardio @LeedsMedHealth @LTHPharmacy. To support person-centred consultation. @MeAndMyMeds @YHAHSN @PeteWaddingham @UnaLaverty @Heather52108206 @Heatherspharm @drmahendrapatel @WYHHealthyHeart @iamnickevans

For use in various healthcare settings by pharmacists, cardiologists, nurses, GPs who look after patients who have IHD.
@LeedsGp @nhsleeds @keithridge1 @UKCPACardiac @bacpr @escardio @GPnEducation @BrJCardiol @accpcardprn @ATRIUMRx @ACCinTouch @ACNAPPresident @BritishCardioSo

Of interest to cardiology colleagues @sbw_cardio @DrScottMurray @DrDerekConnolly @ahmetfuat17 @ProfMartinCowie @mmamas1973 @EkateriniL @DrJaarsma @hvanspall @DrMarthaGulati @ShelleyZieroth @AnastasiaSMihai @SABOURETCardio @DLBHATTMD @DrYoussefBeaini @iamritu @mirvatalasnag

Some interesting findings:
✔️ high rates of concern that 2º Prev Meds could be harmful (33.2%) or overprescribed (43.2%).
✔️ Mean no. of potential barriers to adherence per patient was 1.8 ± 1.5.
✔️ knowledge about SPMs was poor
✔️ 8.2% reported problems with swallowing medicines

Almost a third of comments were related to concern about side effects (e.g. experiencing specific side effects, suspecting particular symptoms were caused by SPMs, or concern about possible future side effects).

There was near unanimous accord that MYMEDS helped patients to think about their medicines before the consultation, and enabled them to raise any questions or concerns they had about their medicines during the subsequent consultation (n = 128; 97.7%).

MYMEDS is a simple-to-use, practical tool that can successfully identify many actual and potential modifiable barriers to secondary prevention medicines adherence. It can easily be rolled out in clinical practice to direct consultations and improve their patient focus.

@MedicineDean @MedicinesDavid @LeedsMedicines @MOG_EA @rpharms @pharman @NHS_SPS @pharmacysue @Jrsowter @ZUDBabar @jon_silcock @eupatientsforum @Rhythmisit @savodoc @Kavita_Oberoi @pcpa_org @drkevinfernando @lisneubeck