News Report | October 29, 2020
Paying People For Taking Statins As Directed Raised Medication Adherence, But Didn’t Lower Cholesterol Levels Over Time
Participants in a clinical trial who received financial incentives over six months for taking medications to reduce high cholesterol had higher rates of measured medication adherence than people who did not receive incentives. However, the higher rate of medication adherence was not associated with lower cholesterol levels over time. There were no differences in the change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) control from baseline to 12 months between the group that received the incentives and the group that did not.
The study included adults with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, suboptimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) control . . .