An Interactive Technology Approach to Educate Older Adults About Drug Interactions Arising from Over‐the‐Counter Self‐Medication Practices

Neafsey, Patricia J.; Strickler, Zoe; Shellman, Juliette; Chartier, Virginia

doi:10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19405.x

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“…Among the individual studies included in the present review, eight took place in a hospital setting (five ward-based and three in outpatients), three in general practice clinics9 21 22 and three in other community settings 16 17 19…”

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Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review

Hall

Peat

Birks

et al. 2010

BMJ Quality & Safety

107

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Background: There is growing international interest in involving patients in interventions to promote and support them in securing their own safety. This paper reports a systematic review of evaluations of the effectiveness of interventions that have been used with the explicit intention of promoting patient involvement in patient safety in healthcare. Methods: The authors searched Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, CENTRAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, HMIC, MEDLINE, MEDLINE in-process, PsycINFO and ASSIA to August 2008. We also searched databases of reports, conference proceedings, grey literature, ongoing research and relevant patient safety organisations, and hand-searched two journals. Meta-analysis of the data was not appropriate; therefore, studies were categorised according to how the interventions encouraged patients' actions to improve safety-informing the management plan, monitoring and ensuring safe delivery of treatment (by health professional and by self), making systems safer-and were critiqued in a narrative manner. Findings: The authors identified 14 individual experimental and quasiexperimental studies plus one systematic review. The majority of studies fell into the monitoring and ensuring safe delivery of treatment by self category and were all related to enhancing medication safety. Authors reported improved patient safety incident outcomes for the intervention groups compared with controls where the interventions aimed to encourage patient involvement in: (1) monitoring and ensuring safe delivery of treatment by self (self-management of anticoagulation, 'easy' read information leaflet, nurse-led education to promote self-medication in hospital, patient package insert using lay terminology); (2) informing the management plan/monitoring and ensuring safe delivery of treatment by self (individualised teaching plan by nurse, pharmacist counselling). It was not possible to draw any clear conclusions as to the effectiveness of the interventions (with the exception of one specific aspect of self-medication, that is, self-management of anticoagulation) due to concerns about the methodological quality of the studies. Conclusions: There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement on patient safety incidents and in general is poor quality. Existing evidence is confined to the promotion of safe self-management of medication, most notably relating to the self-management of oral anticoagulants

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“…Five studies included elderly participants 9 12 13 17 18. One study recruited parents of paediatric patients 16.…”

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Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review

Hall

Peat

Birks

et al. 2010

BMJ Quality & Safety

107

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“…An interactive personal education program (PEP) on medication interactions was implemented via a touch screen laptop (mimicking a tablet) and tested for efficacy over and above an information booklet for 85 adults 60 and older [66]. The PEP group had significantly higher rates of self-efficacy …”

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Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Kuerbis¹,

Mulliken²,

Muench³

et al. 2017

Ment Health Addict Res

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While numbers and proportions of older adults with behavioral health issues are expected to substantially increase, there is also a widening gap in available services for older adults. Mobile health interventions (mhealth) are a way to address existing barriers to treatment, provide frontline assessment and increase access to services for older adults. Due to perpetuated stereotypes, many assume that older adults do not utilize mobile technology nor will they accept a mHealth intervention. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize contemporary literature from information technology and healthcare regarding: (1) current mobile technology utilization by older adults, particularly in regards to health; (2) factors affecting older adult motivation to engage with mobile technology; and (3) older adult preferences for interacting with mobile technology. Findings reveal that significant proportions of older adults: already utilize mobile technology; are willing to engage in existing mobile interventions for health reasons; and have positive attitudes overall towards mobile technology. Finally, recommendations for optimizing mobile interventions to better suit older adults with behavioral health problems are reviewed.

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“…Some innovative projects have been developed to increase awareness of drug-management and drug-information problems (e.g., Neafsey, Strickler, Shellman, & Chartier, 2002;Voyer, 1999). Young (2002) points to the value of practitioner intervention (e.g., through drug-use reviews and computerized drug-tracking systems) to manage drug-related problems.…”

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Inclusive interface design for seniors: Image‐browsing for a health information context

Given

Ruecker

Simpson³

et al. 2007

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This study explores an image-based retrieval interface for drug information, focusing on usability for a specific population-seniors. Qualitative, task-based interviews examined participants' health information behaviors and documented search strategies using an existing database (www.drugs.com) and a new prototype that uses similarity-based clustering of pill images for retrieval. Twelve participants (aged 65 and older), reflecting a diversity of backgrounds and experience with Web-based resources, located pill information using the interfaces and discussed navigational and other search preferences. Findings point to design features (e.g., image enlargement) that meet seniors' needs in the context of other health-related information-seeking strategies (e.g., contacting pharmacists).

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An Interactive Technology Approach to Educate Older Adults About Drug Interactions Arising from Over‐the‐Counter Self‐Medication Practices

Cited by 54 publications

References 23 publications

Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review

Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review

Older adults and mobile technology: Factors that enhance and inhibit utilization in the context of behavioral health

Inclusive interface design for seniors: Image‐browsing for a health information context

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