Open AccessA Study of Medication Compliance in Geriatric Patients with Chronic Illnesses at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
R. Shruthi,
R Jyothi,
H P Pundarikaksha,
G N Nagesh,
T J Tushar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21908.9088
Subject(s) - medicine , spouse , diabetes mellitus , compliance (psychology) , disease , population , physical therapy , psychology , social psychology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , endocrinology
Geriatric population is more prone for various chronic and recurrent illnesses like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, IHD, arthritic, neurodegenerative, gastrointestinal, ocular, genitourinary, respiratory disorders etc., which may require chronic medication with multiple drugs. Poor compliance in this age group accounts for medication wastage with increased cost of healthcare and substantial worsening of the disease with disability or death. Most of the human and economic costs associated with non adherence can be avoided by improving medication adherence.