Open Access<p>Exploring Medicines Burden Among Adults in New Zealand: A Cross-Sectional Survey</p>
Author(s) -
June Tordoff,
Charlotte Brenkley,
Janet Krska,
Alesha Smith
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s231202
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , traditional medicine , environmental health , pathology
Using medicines regularly can be a burden for some people and can contribute to reduced adherence. In New Zealand, relatively few studies have examined people's medicine-taking experiences and most involved older people, although medicine burden is also an issue for younger people. The UK-developed "Living with Medicines Questionnaire" (LMQ-3) is an instrument designed to quantify medicine burden.