Drug Therapy of the Aged: The Problem of Compliance and the Roles of Physicians and Pharmacists

Gryfe, C. I.; Gryfe, B. M.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1984.tb02026.x

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“…Patients often receive inaccurate or incomplete information, or they get the correct information in a form that they cannot readily understand and remember. Thus, prescription nonadherence among elders reflects an interplay of poor communication on the part of health professionals and elders’ reduced cognitive abilities 6–8 (see for more references and a full discussion of the dimensions of poor communication).…”

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Adherence and Medication Instructions Review and Recommendations

Morrow

Leirer²,

Sheikh³

1988

J American Geriatrics Society

154

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Prescription medication nonadherence among the elderly is a serious medical problem. Nonadherence is primarily caused by poor communication between health professionals and elderly patients. More specifically, nonadherence often reflects the inability of patients to understand and remember their medication instructions. Therefore, adherence can be increased by designing instructions that enable elders to easily construct a clear and simple mental model of how to take their medication. Inexpensive microcomputer-based hardware and software makes it possible for pharmacists to provide elderly patients with effective instructions.

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Section: Prescription Nonadherencementioning

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Adherence and Medication Instructions Review and Recommendations

Morrow

Leirer²,

Sheikh³

1988

J American Geriatrics Society

154

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“…Some evidence suggests that education by health care professionals improves patients' understanding of their medication, 5–16 and adherence to their regimens, 7,10, 12,16–21 which may lead to reduced morbidity and hospital readmissions 7,12,18,19,21,22 …”

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Medication education of acutely hospitalized older patients

1999

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“…Elderly individuals are the fastest growing segment of the United States population. As a group, they have a larger burden of illness than younger portions of the population and they are the largest consumers of medications 1–5 . They incur a disproportionate share of the national cost of drugs, and drug use in the elderly is a health care topic of important concern 6 .…”

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Medication Use By Ambulatory Elderly

Darnell¹,

Murray²,

Martz³

et al. 1986

J American Geriatrics Society

122

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The elderly residents of an urban subsidized apartment building were interviewed in their apartments to determine a comprehensive medication profile. The interviews were conducted by doctor of pharmacy candidates, and 155 residents (81.2%) participated. Compliance was similar to rates previously reported (49.3%), and adverse drug reactions were common (29.1%). Other findings included: compliance did not decrease with advancing age; most elderly individuals could open child-resistant containers (83.4%), read standard container labels (79.7%), and identify teaspoon (97.3%) and tablespoon (88.5%) quantities; inability to open easy-open (flip-off) containers decreased compliance (P = .03); men were more compliant than women (68.4 v 42.4%, P = .006) but were taking fewer medications (3.3 per male v 5.0 per female); only 12.6% of respondents thought they were taking too much medication but when they did compliance diminished (P = .003); medications were infrequently shared (5.6% of respondents reported sharing); and only 6.4% of respondents reported medication expense as a concern.

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Drug Therapy of the Aged: The Problem of Compliance and the Roles of Physicians and Pharmacists

Cited by 48 publications

References 29 publications

Adherence and Medication Instructions Review and Recommendations

Adherence and Medication Instructions Review and Recommendations

Medication education of acutely hospitalized older patients

Medication Use By Ambulatory Elderly

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