老年患者对他们的药物了解多少? 一个横截面的,基于采访的试点研究
Olaf Krause1,2, Corinna T Ziemann1, Martin Schulze Westhoff3
1Institute for General Practice and Palliative Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
European journal of clinical pharmacology
|August 10, 2023
概括
老年人具有良好的一般药物知识,但对治疗间歇性疾病的病假规则的认识较差. 一般医生在改善患者对药物调整的理解方面发挥着关键作用.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 临床药房 临床药房
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 老年人 (≥70岁) 的药物管理是复杂的.
- 了解病假规则对于预防疾病期间的并发症至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估老年患者的药物知识.
- 评估老年人对病假规则的认识.
主要方法:
- 基于采访的横截面试点研究.
- 德国北部的100名老年患者 (平均年龄82岁).
- 方便抽样从5月到2022年12月进行.
主要成果:
- 总体药物知识得分令人满意 (中位数为5/6).
- 较年轻的患者 (<80岁) 和女性表现出更高的知识.
- 对病假规则的认识非常低 (1.1%的适用药物).
- 对于52%的患者来说,全科医生是药物知识的主要来源.
结论:
- 老年患者表现出足够的一般药物知识.
- 缺乏对病假规则的认识,需要有针对性的教育干预措施.
- 未来的研究应该集中在临床影响和疾病假日规则的沟通策略上,涉及全科医生.
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