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Non-compliance with drug treatment and reading difficulties with regard to prescription labelling among seniors.
Full Abstract
BACKGROUND; The link between experiencing difficulties in reading or understanding and non-compliance with drug treatment among seniors is not clearly established.
OBJECTIVES:
We measured the effect of both difficulties in reading, as well as difficulties in understanding prescription labelling, on non-compliance with drug treatments among seniors. Since the use of a pill organizer prepared by a pharmacist may compensate for the problems in reading, we also checked the potential modifying effect of the use of a pill organizer on these two associations.
METHOD:
Data on non-compliance with drug treatment, comprehension of prescription labelling and on the factors potentially linked to non-compliance, were collected during face-to-face interviews with 325 seniors.
RESULTS:
In all, 126 respondents (38.8%) were not able to read all the prescription labels and 218 (67.1%) did not fully understand all the information. 153 respondents were non-compliant with their drug treatment. After adjusting for sex, age, living alone or not, having had help with taking the medication, use of a pill organizer, having had sufficient funds to procure his medicine during the previous month, belief in the efficacy of his medication, perception of his state of health, satisfaction with physician-given and pharmacist-given information, as well as the complexity of the treatment, the two associations remained statistically non-significant. The use of a pill organizer was not a modifying factor.
CONCLUSION:
Our results did not demonstrate the existence, among seniors, of an association between non-compliance and difficulty in reading and understanding prescription labelling.Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
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Author information
Author/s: Moisan, Jocelyne (J); Gaudet, Michel (M); Grégoire, Jean-Pierre (JP); Bouchard, Réjeanne (R);
Affiliation: Groupe de recherche en épidémiologie, Faculté de pharmacie, Hôpital du St-Sacrement du CHA, Université Laval, 1050 chemin Ste-Foy, Québec, G1S 4L8 Canada. Jocelyne.Moisan(-atsign-)pha.ulaval.ca
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Gerontology (Gerontology), published in Switzerland. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2002 Jan-Feb; vol 48 (issue 1) : pp 44-51
Dates: Created 2002/02/14; Completed 2002/04/09; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 11844930, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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