药物管理策略,以支持药物坚持:采访研究与老年人
Lisa Gualtieri1, Mathilda Rigby2, Deelia Wang1
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Interactive journal of medical research
|August 13, 2024
概括
老年人经常通过试验和错误开发自己的药物管理策略,强调需要医疗保健提供者的指导来改善遵守和减少错误.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 行为医学是一种行为医学.
背景情况:
- 老年人家庭药物管理尚未得到充分研究,这影响了坚持治疗的策略.
- 老年人经常管理多种药物,并致力于在现场老化,需要有效的策略.
研究的目的:
- 了解老年人如何制定药物管理策略.
- 确定影响这些策略成功或失败的因素.
- 探索改善这一群体药物坚持的干预措施.
主要方法:
- 质量,半结构面试与22名年龄在50岁以上的参与者.
- 对录制的采访进行主题分析,以确定模式和主题.
- 系统编码来量化药物管理的行为和感知.
主要成果:
- 参与者在很大程度上独立开发了独特的策略,经常使用试验和错误 (59%).
- 药物管理包括处方药和补充剂,各种召回方法 (化学名称,外观,目的).
- 避孕药盒是最喜欢储存的 (77%),战略中断与不遵守有关.
结论:
- 老年人发展出多样化,个性化的药物管理策略.
- 药剂师和医生有机会提供遵守指导.
- 制定持久的策略和整合到日常生活中的坚持辅助工具可以改善结果.
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