Naslov
Improving patient's medication adherence in chronic diseases

Autori
Huml, Danijela ; Štimac, Danijela ; Čulig, Josip ; Andabaka, Ivana ; Tadić, Iva ; Portolan, Mate

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Pharmaceutical Care Models & Therapeutic Innovations / Jakševac-Mikša, Maja - Zagreb : Media Partners, 2008, 90-90

Skup
37th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 21.10.2008. - 24.10.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
adherence; chronic diseases; Zagreb

Sažetak
Main Outcome Measures: Reasons of not taking medications as prescribed and frequency of pharmacist's involvement in improving patient adherence. Results: Preliminary results from 180 self-reported questionnaires show response rate 33%. There were 16 offered reasons for patients' non-adherence. The most frequently reported reasons were the following: forgetfulness (53%), „ ran out of pills“ (40%), away from home (36%), problems with taking pills at specified times (with meals, on empty stomach etc.) (34%), problems with taking more then one medicine at the same time (31%). More than half of the patients (59%) started that pharmacists always checked whether patients' took their medicines for the first time. 64% of patients thought that pharmacists do not check how often they miss their doses. Conclusions: Ba tailoring individual patient medication plan, giving more advice on how to deal with complex drug regimen, checking how often patient miss their doses and asking patient to repeat aloud how they should take their medication, pharmacist can increase patient adherence to long term therapy and in the end therapy effectiveness, patient safety, quality of patient life and rationalize drug expenditure.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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