Alfabetización en salud y adherencia farmacológica en adultos mayores con enfermedades crónicas, de la ciudad de Temuco
| Autor: | Viviana Figueroa Delgado, Carla Soledad Figueroa Saavedra, Jeremy Candia, Tamara Otzen Hernández, Patricio Sanhueza |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Medication adherence Health literacy General Medicine Medication prescription Literacy Health Literacy Medication Adherence Test (assessment) Chronic disease Family medicine Chronic Disease Medicine Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Chile business Aged media_common |
| Zdroj: | Revista médica de Chile v.148 n.5 2020 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
| DOI: | 10.4067/s0034-98872020000500653 |
| Popis: | Background: Lack of compliance with medication prescription is common among older adults and hamper an adequate management of chronic conditions. Aim: To study the association between health literacy and medication adherence in older adults with chronic diseases in Temuco, Chile. Material and Methods: The Health Literacy survey for Spanish-speaking Adults, MiniMental examination and the Morisky-Green test to assess compliance with medication prescription were applied to 119 older adults aged 60 to 88 years. Results: All participants had an adequate global cognitive performance; 24% had inadequate literacy, and 42% did not comply with medication prescription. There was a significant correlation between health literacy and medication adherence. Conclusions: Health literacy influences medication adherence in Chilean older adults. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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