Patients who were contacted by telephone and who did not wish to be involved were asked for their reasons. A qualitative analysis of these comments was performed to produce broad categories. There were 2,402 eligible patients, all of whom were contacted by letter. However, these results show that the reasons for non-consent are mainly related to the nature of the review, rather than because it was part of a research process. Non-consenting patients are older, more likely to be female and on fewer repeat medicines.
Further research is needed to investigate barriers to pharmacists undertaking medication reviews.
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