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Patient Information Needs During Ambulatory Medication Changes: A Qualitative Study.

Elaine Giletta¹, Vanessa B Hurley², Yushi Yang³

¹School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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Patients need more information about medication changes, including history, side effects, and safe disposal. Addressing these gaps can improve medication safety and reduce harm.

Keywords:

ambulatory care medication self-management patient information needs patient perspectives qualitative research

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Medication Management

Background:

Routine outpatient medication changes are common.
Patient and caregiver information needs during these changes are not well-understood.
Inadequate information can lead to medication errors and adverse events.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore whole-person, whole-regimen information needs during outpatient medication changes.
To categorize these information needs.
To identify commonly unmet information needs.

Main Methods:

Conducted semi-structured interviews with nine patients and two caregivers.
Participants had recent outpatient medication changes.
Used inductive thematic analysis to categorize information needs.

Main Results:

Identified five categories of patient information needs: self-administration, clinical reasoning, expectations, behaviors, and responsibilities.
Highlighted five themes with insufficient information: medication history, adverse effects, self-management, information seeking, and medication disposal.
Patients frequently reported unmet needs in these areas.

Conclusions:

Patient information needs during ambulatory medication changes are significant.
Gaps in information create vulnerabilities for medication safety.
Tailored information delivery can enhance patient engagement and reduce harm.