Factors contributing to medication noncompliance in elderly public housing tenants
| Autor: | Michael D. Murray, Morris Weinberger, Jeffrey Darnell, B.L. Martz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Risk medicine.medical_specialty Prescription drug Public housing Pharmacists 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy Drug Prescriptions 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medical prescription Patient compliance Prescribed medications Aged Public Housing business.industry Surgery Family medicine Patient Compliance Female business |
| Zdroj: | Drug intelligenceclinical pharmacy. 20(2) |
| ISSN: | 0012-6578 |
| Popis: | A study examined the extent and correlates of noncompliance in 155 predominantly elderly public housing tenants. Data were gathered through in-home interviews; only data from tenants taking prescribed medications on a regularly scheduled basis (n= 140) were analyzed. Noncompliance was significantly (p The results indicate that attempts to reduce the total number of prescription drug products used in these elderly residents by carefully scrutinizing the need for each prescription drug may enhance compliance. Pharmacists could assist in the detection of elderly patients at risk for medication noncompliance (five or more total prescription medications) by assessing the patients' ability to read labels on prescription containers for all new drug additions and refills, and by having them try to open a flip-off container lid. |
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