Title |
How much do elders with chronic conditions know about their medications?
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Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, June 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-13-59 |
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Authors |
Frank Wan-kin Chan, Fiona Yan-yan Wong, Wing Yee So, Kenny Kung, Carmen Ka-man Wong |
Abstract |
Patients with chronic diseases often undertake multiple medication regimes to manage their condition, prevent complications and to maintain their quality of life. A patient's medication knowledge has been defined as the awareness of drug name, purpose, administration schedule, adverse effects or side-effects and special administration instructions. Poor medication knowledge can have a negative impact on medication adherence and patient safety and, in increasing the use of medical resources. The objective of the study is to assess the medication knowledge of elderly patients with chronic disease conditions and the factors affecting this knowledge. |
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Spain | 3 | 23% |
Canada | 2 | 15% |
United States | 1 | 8% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
France | 1 | 8% |
Mexico | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 4 | 31% |
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Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
Scientists | 1 | 8% |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
Unknown | 121 | 98% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 18% |
Student > Bachelor | 22 | 18% |
Student > Master | 12 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
Other | 17 | 14% |
Unknown | 33 | 27% |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 28 | 23% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 19% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
Other | 13 | 10% |
Unknown | 32 | 26% |