Medication education for patients with epilepsy in Taiwan
| Autor: | Mei-Huei Chou, Ming-Fang Lin, Chun-Hing Yiu, Lillian Liu, Der-Jen Yen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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serum drug levels
Adult Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Taiwan Clinical Neurology Drug compliance compliance Drug levels Epilepsy Patient Education as Topic Seizure diary Surveys and Questionnaires Outcome Assessment Health Care Seizure control Humans Medicine Outpatient clinic In patient antiepileptic drugs business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease medication education Neurology Drug Information Services Physical therapy Patient Compliance Anticonvulsants Female Pamphlets Neurology (clinical) Medical emergency business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Seizure. 12(7):473-477 |
| ISSN: | 1059-1311 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1059-1311(03)00006-2 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is to evaluate the medication knowledge achieved by conventional verbal education and the influence of drug information leaflets in patients with epilepsy. Drug compliance and sources of information of the patients were also examined. Fifty-one adults in an epilepsy outpatient clinic participated this survey. These patients were asked to complete a questionnaire and to specify sources of drug information. Serum drug levels were checked and compared with the self-reported compliance. Then, drug information leaflets were given to patients. In the next follow-up visit, patients were asked to fill out the same questionnaire again. In the baseline assessment, 36 patients (70.6%) could accurately list their medications. However, half of patients were not knowledgeable about side effects and did not keep a seizure diary. After provision of drug leaflets, the epilepsy medication assessment score increased from 3.9 +/- 1.9 to 5.1 +/- 1.7 (P0.001). In addition, patients reported being compliant most of the time and this matched drug levels. On average, each patient had 2.8 sources of information and 5 patients used Internet as a tool. Despite achieving good compliance, conventional verbal education did not sufficiently cover drug-related issues. Providing patients with written information apparently increase their medication knowledge and probably enhance seizure control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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