Short Report: Where do caregivers of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities obtain information about medication?

Autor: Erickson SR; University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 428 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065, USA. Electronic address: serick@med.umich.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research in developmental disabilities [Res Dev Disabil] 2023 Jul; Vol. 138, pp. 104534. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104534
Abstrakt: Background/aims/methods: Medication information is available from many sources. This short report provides a simple description of where caregivers of people with intellectual/developmental disability (IDD) obtain medication information, and compares these sources between family caregivers and direct support professionals (DSP).
Procedures/outcomes: Cross-sectional study design using an internet-based survey of caregivers, aged 18 years or older, who provided support to adults with IDD. The primary outcome is the source of medication information reported by caregivers.
Results/conclusions: Eighty-nine caregivers responded. Health care professionals were the primary source (87.6 %) of medication information, followed by the internet (77.5 %). There was no difference between caregiver groups for these two sources. The prescription label/information sheet was the next most common source (56.2 %), with significantly more family (76.2 %) versus DSP (38.3 %), p < 0.001. A medication reference was also common (43.8 %), with 28.6 % of family and 57.4 % of DSP, p = 0.006. House manager/nurse was next, with 16.9 %, and television/radio as a source (10.1 %), no difference between groups. Lastly, friends or coworkers were 7.9 %, with no DSP endorsing this option, p = 0.006.
Implications: Caregivers obtain medication information from a variety of sources, with health care professionals being the primary source. The internet was also very common, which may be worrisome, due to the wide range of level of quality of information available. Educational interventions should be developed to provide caregivers with tools to be able identify and use legitimate medication information.
Competing Interests: Declarations of Competing Interest None.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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