KMID : 0607720110220030290
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2011 Volume.22 No. 3 p.290 ~ p.301
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Medication Status and Adherence of the Elderly under Home Care Nursing
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Kim Young-Hee
Lee Mi-Kyoung Lee Seung-Ja Cho Myoung-Sook Hwang Moon-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study is a descriptive research intended to clarify the medication status of community?dwelling
elders and to identify factors affecting their medication adherence.
Methods: Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews from 101 subjects who had taken prescribed drugs for at least 7 days sampled among elderly people using home care nursing at a general hospital in Seoul.
Results: According to the results of this study, medication adherence measured by pill counting was 88.3% and that measured by self?reporting was 94.6%. There were statistically significant differences in medication adherence according to major disease (p=.006), the number of admissions (p=.032), the number of drugs (p=.051), the frequency of medication (p=.026), and depression (r=?.205). In addition, depression was found to be a significant variable explaining the medication adherence with explanatory power 3.8% (p=.035).
Conclusion: The presence of depression affected the elderly subjects¡¯ the medication adherence. Therefore, more concern and educational approaches are required to encourage elderly people to comply correctly with medication regimens particularly for elderly patients who have a malignant or long?lasting disease or who have to take multiple drugs or maintain a daily dosing frequency.
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KEYWORD
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Home nursing, Aged, Medication adherence
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