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Published on: March 1, 2015
Patients with dysphagia: experiences of taking medication
Jennifer Kelly1, Gibson D'Cruz, David Wright
1Tissue Viability Nurse Dermatology Clinic, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK. j.kelly@uea.ac.uk
Aim:
This paper is a report of a study exploring the experiences of taking medication for older people with dysphagia.
Background:
Dysphagia is a common problem, especially amongst older people, and affects ingestion of food, fluids and medicines. With the number of elders in the population increasing, and currently accounting for one-third of prescribing volume in the United Kingdom, dysphagia is becoming a major problem in terms of medicine administration and therapy.
Method:
In 2007, we carried out interviews with 11 patients in one county of England who had different degrees of dysphagia. The interview transcriptions were analysed using Colaizzi's technique.
Results:
Six inter-related themes were identified from the data: (a) the wide spectrum and variability of dysphagia; (b) medication formulation; (c) information exchange between patients and healthcare professionals; (d) factors affecting medication adherence; (e) strategies used to improve swallowing; (f) the central function of swallowing as eating and drinking.
Conclusion:
It is vital to ensure that each patient has an individualized medication regimen, and for patients with dysphagia the formulation of the medicine is as important as the active ingredients.
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