title: Participant satisfaction with a community-based medication synchronization program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess participant satisfaction with a community pharmacy-based medication synchronization program.
  
  
  METHODS
  A single location of a grocery store pharmacy chain in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A medication synchronization program, Time My Meds (TMM), was implemented in 1 of 20 community pharmacies within the grocery store chain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Current pharmacy patients taking three or more chronic medications were recruited to enroll in the medication synchronization program. After at least 3 months of enrollment in TMM, participants were invited to complete a paper survey to assess satisfaction with the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were collected on overall participant satisfaction with the TMM program. A 10-statement survey gathered demographic information and assessed participant satisfaction using a 5-point Likert scale (1, strongly disagree, to 5, strongly agree).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data collected from 48 surveys were analyzed. No statistical differences in participant satisfaction were found when considering age, education, income, number of medications at pick-up, or number of monthly trips to the pharmacy prior to program enrollment. Median scores for individual survey items were all 5 out of 5 (strongly agree) using a 5-point Likert scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participants were highly satisfied with the medication synchronization program. These results, if expanded to a wider population, might provide valuable information for continued justification and implementation of this type of service in community pharmacies.
authors.forename: Kendra T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Janelle F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ruisinger
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Prohaska
authors.forename: Brittany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Melton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D019649:Food Industry; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires