Do older patients find multi-compartment medication devices easy to use and which are the easiest? | Zendy

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Do older patients find multi-compartment medication devices easy to use and which are the easiest?

Author(s) -

Rachel Adams,

H. May,

Louise Swift,

Debi Bhattacharya

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft113

Subject(s) - readability , usability , medicine , cognition , health professionals , health care , psychiatry , computer science , human–computer interaction , economics , programming language , economic growth

multi-compartment medication devices (MMDs) are widely used, primarily by older people, to aid correct-medication taking. Several MMD types are available yet little is known about the ease with which patients with varying functional ability use these devices and whether some types are easier than others. Such knowledge would assist healthcare practitioners in advising patients on a suitable choice of device.

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