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The effects of medication education on adherence to medication regimens in an elderly population
Author(s) -
Esposito Linda
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.21050935.x
Subject(s) - medicine , schedule , randomized controlled trial , compliance (psychology) , intervention (counseling) , population , medication adherence , physical therapy , family medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , psychology , social psychology , environmental health , computer science , operating system
The purpose of this intervention study was to evaluate educational protocols to see which would be more effective in increasing medication compliance rates within an elderly population Forty‐two patients were randomized into four groups Group 1 received a standard education protocol, group 2 received the standard education and 30 minutes of verbal instruction, group 3 received the standard education and a medication schedule, and group 4 received the standard education, a medication schedule, and 30 minutes of verbal instruction The intervention was given on the day of hospital discharge Home visits were made 2 weeks, 1 and 2 months post‐hospital discharge Results of the visits revealed that groups 1 and 2 had higher rates of errors with medications than groups 3 and 4 In conclusion, the groups with a medication schedule had higher compliance rates Considering the sample size of 42, this study can act as a pilot study to justify further research in the effects of a medication schedule on compliance