<原報>高齢者の在宅医療における薬剤利用の問題点

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We studied 42 elderly patients on how they manage their prescription medication themselves in their homes. The survery was conducted by interviewing the patients individually. Questions covered their understanding of the drugs' effects, the dosage, their understanding and execution of the directions. Altough 47.6% of the patients said that they had few problems understanding the explanations of the effects of their drugs, nearly half of the patients have shown either partial or complete misunderstanding of the effects of drugs currently prescribed and administered to them. Closer investigation has also demonstrated that some do not take their drugs exactly as instructed by their physicians, or take them but with no control, even though they claim that they have followed the instructions. In addition, patients who entirely abandoned their medication after returning home formedthe largest group. In conclusion, the patients and their helpers seem to lack awareness of overall drug administration. One cause couldbe hearing and eyesight problems due to their age. It is important for community pharmacists to not only deal with dispensing services at the pharmacy but also to monitor, assess and counsel on the correct self-management of prescription medication at home.
共立薬科大学の論文
1994-03-25