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Medicine information sources used by nurses at the point of care

Ndosi, M., Newell, Robert J. 01 September 2020 (has links)
Yes / Aims: To identify sources of medicine information that nurses use while administering medicines.
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Project PROMISE: PeRspectives On Medication Information Seeking in the Elderly

Jaclyn Rene Myers (9748952) 15 December 2020 (has links)
<p><b>Background/ Objective:</b> In our current healthcare system, information seekers have a bulk of the responsibility to initiate conversations about medications. Although older adults report the need for more information about their medications, many do not accept offers to receive more information from pharmacists during the dispensing of prescription medications. Very little previous work focuses on how older adults make decisions about seeking and avoiding information about medicines, or how these decisions impact medication outcomes. Therefore, the specific aims of this study were to: 1) describe older adults’ attitudes about medication information seeking and the relationships between those attitudes and medication information management behaviors and 2) characterize the relationship between medication information management behaviors (MIMB), medication knowledge, medication beliefs, and attitudes towards medication information seeking. </p><p><b>Methods:</b> Older adults prescribed a new, chronic medication were recruited from a specialty geriatric clinic to participate in interviews that occurred either in-person or over the phone. Participates were randomized 1:1 to usual care or to patient-prompted medication counseling (PPMC). Participants in the PPMC group agreed to ask a pharmacist questions about their new medication at their next medication refill and received a brief education. A survey instrument based on the Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM) was adapted from past studies to assess participants’ attitudes about information seeking. Participants were asked to report their information seeking and avoidance over the previous six-months prior to the study and at baseline and month one. Open-ended questions from a national medication safety campaign were utilized to assess medication knowledge. A rubric was developed to score participants’ answers as incorrect knowledge, no knowledge, incomplete knowledge, or complete knowledge and used by two community pharmacists to determine patient medication knowledge (PMK) scores. Structural equation modeling was utilized to identify predictors of MIMB, and hierarchical and logistic regression were used to determine the relationship between MIMB and medication outcomes. </p><p><b>Results: </b>A total of 132 participants completed baseline surveys, and 126 participants completed the month one surveys. Overall, a structural model based on the TMIM met the a priori criteria for good fit (Bollen-Stine bootstrap=0.269). Participants’ positive outcomes assessments, negative outcomes assessments were direct, positive predictors of information seeking and direct, negative predictors of information avoidance. After controlling for baseline medication knowledge, the effect of the intervention, and information seeking there were statistically significant differences in medication knowledge between those participants that sought information from a pharmacist during refill dispensing and those who did not (B=0.259, p<0.001). Of those that sought information from a pharmacist, 70% gained information from baseline to month one, while 36.9% of those that did not seek information from a pharmacist gained information baseline to month. There were no differences in medication beliefs between those that sought information from a pharmacist and those that did not.</p><p><b>Discussion/ Conclusion:</b> Patient knowledge deficits continue well beyond the initial dispensing of a medication, and older adults are also at risk for knowledge loss over the course of prescription use. Receiving additional information from a pharmacist at the time of medication refill may be protective against this information loss, and even increase the change of gaining medication knowledge over time. However, medication counseling in its current form is likely not sufficient to alter older adults’ beliefs about medications. Only one pharmacist initiated a conversation with a participant at medication refill indicating that those participants who want additional information about their medications after the initial dispensing may have to initiate the conversation with a pharmacist.</p>
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Medication Knowledge and Compliance among the Elderly: Comparison and Evaluation of Two Teaching Methods

Hussey, Leslie C. Trischank (Leslie Corrine Trischank) 08 1900 (has links)
The problem of this study was to compare and evaluate two methods of teaching medication compliance to an elderly population with a variety of medical problems, cultural backgrounds, and educational levels. Eighty patients over 65 years old who were attending clinic at a county health care facility participated in the study and were randomly placed into two groups. The Medication Knowledge and Compliance Scale was used to assess the patients' medication knowledge and self—reported compliance. Group I (control) received only verbal teaching. Group II (experimental) received verbal teaching as well as a Picture Schedule designed to tailor the patients' medication schedule to their daily activities. Each patient was re—evaluated two to three weeks later. Medications were also counted at each visit and prescription refill records were examined. Knowledge and compliance did increase significantly among all 80 participants. Patients in Group II demonstrated a significantly greater increase in compliance than Group I but did not show a greater increase in knowledge. Patients in Group II also improved compliance as evidenced by their prescription refill records. This study demonstrates that even though significant barriers to learning exist, knowledge and compliance can be significantly improved when proper teaching techniques are utilized.
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Prescrição de medicamentos e compreensão do paciente na Atenção Primária à Saúde: análise comparativa entre o modelo de atendimento básico tradicional e a Estratégia de Saúde da Família no município de Ribeirão Preto- SP / Drug prescriptions and patients\' knowledge in Primary Health Care: comparative analysis of the traditional basic medical care service and the Family Health Strategy in the city of Ribeirão Preto- SP

Zanetti, Maria Olívia Barboza 08 April 2016 (has links)
A Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) tem apresentado bons resultados em saúde e pode ser um instrumento importante para a efetivação do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (URM). A prescrição medicamentosa é um componente fundamental para a promoção do URM, portanto a ESF precisa ter uma abordagem diferenciada também em relação ao processo de prescrição. Este estudo transversal visa analisar comparativamente as prescrições provenientes do serviço de atendimento médico básico tradicional com aquelas provindas da ESF, assim como avaliar a compreensão dos pacientes sobre estas prescrições, no município de Ribeirão Preto- SP. Este estudo incluiu 1.053 participantes, os quais foram alocados em dois grupos: 932 usuários provenientes do modelo de atendimento básico tradicional (Grupo A - GA) e 121 usuários provenientes da ESF (Grupo B - GB). Foram coletados dados sociodemográficos e aplicou-se um instrumento para analisar a compreensão do usuário sobre a sua receita de medicamentos. As prescrições foram ainda copiadas e posteriormente analisadas de acordo com: conformidade com os itens exigidos por lei; indicadores de qualidade da prescrição propostos pela OMS; complexidade farmacoterapêutica; presença de interações medicamentosas. A maioria dos participantes era do sexo feminino (77,5%), possuía renda per capita de até um salário mínimo (67,2%) e a escolaridade correspondente ao ensino fundamental completo ou não (63,4%). A média de idade foi de 53,9 anos (DP= 17,5). Quanto à compreensão do paciente sobre a prescrição, 63,3% dos usuários do GA apresentaram compreensão insuficiente, no GB esta frequência foi de apenas 18,2%. As prescrições da ESF também se mostraram estatisticamente superiores quanto ao cumprimento dos aspectos legais: presença da forma farmacêutica (70,7% GA; 80,2% GB), dose (70,9% GA; 79,3% GB), posologia completa (63% GA; 75,2% GB), via de administração (58,3% GA; 83,5% GB), duração do tratamento (76,9% GA; 92,6% GB), endereço do prescritor (82,6% GA; 96,7% GB) e ausência de rasuras (90,3% GA; 96,7% GB). A média de medicamentos prescritos foi de 3,9 no GA (DP= 2,8) e 3,5 no GB (DP = 2,4). Em ambos os grupos cerca de 92% dos medicamentos foram prescritos pela denominação oficial, aproximadamente 91% constavam na lista de medicamentos essenciais do município. 11% das prescrições continham ao menos uma indicação de antibiótico. Medicamentos injetáveis constavam em 9,7% das prescrições do GA e 3,3% das do GB. A média de complexidade foi de 12,6 pontos no GA (DP= 9,4) e 11,8 pontos no GB (DP= 8,3). Em relação à presença de interações medicamentosas potencias, no GA a média de interações por prescrição foi de 2,5 (DP = 3,9), no GB o valor foi de 1,9 (DP= 2,6). Em conclusão, os resultados revelam práticas inapropriadas na prescrição de medicamentos em ambas as modalidades de atendimento primário, entretanto, os prescritores da ESF parecem estar mais preparados para realizar a prescrição racional de medicamentos, ainda que não estejam no padrão ideal. / The Family Health Strategy (FHS) has shown good results in health and it is argued that this strategy can be an important tool for ensuring the Rational Use of Drugs (RUD). The rational prescription of drugs is a key component to promote RUD, thus the FHS must have a differential approach regarding drug prescription process too. This cross-sectional research aims to compare drug prescriptions derived from the traditional basic medical care service with those from the FHS, as well as to measure patients\' knowledge about these prescriptions, in Ribeirão Preto- SP. This study includes 1.053 participants, which were separated into two groups: 932 individuals coming from the traditional basic medical care service (Group A - GA) and 121 individuals from the FHS (Group B - GB). Sociodemographic data was collected and an instrument to analyze patient\'s knowledge about their prescription was applied. Prescriptions were also copied and analyzed according to: compliance with prescription standards demanded by the law; prescription quality indicators proposed by WHO; pharmacotherapeutic complexity; presence of drug interactions. Most participants were female (77.5%) had per capita income up to minimum wage (67.2%) and level of education corresponding to elementary school, complete or not (63.4%). The average age was 53.9 years (SD= 17.5). Regarding patient\'s knowledge about their prescriptions, 63.3% of GA individuals had insufficient knowledge; in GB this rate was only 18.2%. Furthermore, prescriptions from FHS also show statistically superior results about compliance with standards demanded by the law, such as: the presence of the pharmaceutical form (70.7% GA; 80.2% GB), dose (70.9% GA; 79.3% GB), comprehensive posology (63% GA; 75.2% GB), administration route (GA 58.3%; 83.5% GB), time of therapy (76.9% GA; 92.6% GB) prescriber\'s address(82.6% GA; GB 96.7%) and absence of erasures (90.3% GA; GB 96.7%). The average number of prescribed drugs was 3.9 in GA (SD = 2.8) and 3.5 in GB (SD = 2.4). In both groups about 92% of the drugs were prescribed by the official nomination, approximately 91% of prescribed drugs were listed on the Essential Medications List of the city and 11% of prescriptions had at least one antibiotic prescribed. Injectable drugs were prescribed in 9.7% of prescriptions from GA and 3.3% from GB. The average complexity was 12.6 points in GA (SD = 9.4) and 11.8 points in GB (SD = 8.3). About the existence of potential drug interactions, the average drug interactions by prescriptions in GA was 2.5 (SD = 3.9), in GB it was 1.9 (SD = 2.6). All things considered, the results reveal inappropriate practices in drug prescription in both modalities of Primary Health Care, nonetheless, prescribers from FHS seem to be more prepared to make rational drug prescription, although they are not still in the ideal pattern.
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Idosos: o que conhecem sobre os medicamentos prescritos que utilizam? / Elderly: what do they know about prescribed drugs in use?

Didone, Thiago Vinicius Nadaleto 26 February 2015 (has links)
O conhecimento do paciente sobre seus medicamentos é o conjunto de informações sobre o medicamento necessárias para garantir seu uso correto. Este conhecimento é insuficiente nos idosos, que representam o segmento populacional que usa mais medicamentos e que mais cresce no Brasil. Este estudo identificou fatores relacionados ao conhecimento que pacientes muito idosos (&#8805;80 anos), atendidos no Ambulatório de Fragilidade do Hospital Universitário da USP, possuíam sobre a medicação prescrita. As 11 perguntas do questionário espanhol \"Conocimiento del Paciente sobre su Medicamento\" foram adaptadas transculturalmente ao português brasileiro, processo que incluiu etapas de tradução, retradução, pré-teste e avaliação da confiabilidade e validade de construto da versão final. Esta foi usada para medir o conhecimento sobre todos os medicamentos prescritos pelo geriatra na última consulta médica por meio de uma entrevista face a face com o paciente ou seu cuidador. O conhecimento foi explicado por variáveis relacionadas ao entrevistado, ao atendimento médico e aos medicamentos, incluídas em um modelo misto linear. Foi construído um modelo para pacientes e outro para cuidadores. O questionário adaptado mostrou equivalência conceitual, de item, semântica, operacional, de mensuração e funcional com o original. A versão brasileira apresentou confiabilidade suficiente (&#945; de Cronbach=0,736). Sua estrutura interna foi semelhante a do questionário espanhol e o conhecimento estimado esteve correlacionado à adesão ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo (rb=0,86), ao controle da pressão arterial (rb=0,46) e à complexidade da prescrição (r=-0,22). No grupo de pacientes, medicamentos usados de 0,1 a 6,0 meses (b=0,19, p=0,009), e a mais de 6 meses (b=0,12, p=0,025), foram mais conhecidos que medicamentos nunca usados. No grupo de cuidadores, medicamentos classificados como potencialmente perigosos em ambiente ambulatorial foram mais conhecidos que os outros medicamentos (b=0,16, p=0,004) e, quanto maior a categoria do nível de instrução, maior o conhecimento. Assim, recomenda-se o uso do instrumento adaptado para medir o conhecimento sobre medicamentos de uso crônico em qualquer paciente fluente na língua portuguesa. A equipe de saúde precisa prover programas contínuos de educação sobre medicamentos, os quais devem ser adaptados à rede de apoio do paciente, incluindo os medicamentos usados há muito tempo. Deve-se, também, estimular a participação ativa do paciente (empoderamento) no gerenciamento de seus medicamentos. / Patient drug knowledge is the set of drug information needed to guarantee correct drug use. This knowledge is poor in aged individuals, which is the most drug consuming and the fastest growing age group. Here, we identified factors related to the knowledge very old patients (&#8805;80 years) attending the Frailty Ambulatory of the University Hospital of USP possessed on prescribed drugs. The 11 items of the Spanish questionnaire entitled \"Conocimiento del Paciente sobre su Medicamento\" were cross-culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, which included translation, back-translation, pretest, and reliability and construct validity assessment of the final version. The latter was used to measure knowledge about all geriatrician prescribed drugs in the last appointment by means of a face-to-face interview with either patient or caregiver. Drug knowledge was explained by variables related to interviewee, medical appointment, and prescribed drugs, which were included in a linear mixed model. It was obtained one model for patients and another for caregivers. The adapted questionnaire possessed conceptual, item, semantic, operational, measurement, and functional equivalence with the original. Realiability of the Brazilian version was sufficient (Cronbach´s &#945;=.736). Internal structure was similar to the Spanish questionnaire and estimated drug knowledge was correlated to adherence to antihypertensive treatment (rb=.86), blood pressure control (rb=.46), and medication regimen complexity (r=-.22). In the patient group, drugs used from 0.1 to 6.0 months (b=0.19, p=.009), and used longer than 6 months (b=0.12, p=.025) presented more knowledge than never used ones. In the caregiver group, medications classified as high-alert in ambulatory healthcare were associated with higher knowledge than other drugs (b=0.16, p=.004) and, higher the educational level category, the bigger the caregiver drug knowledge. Thus, this work recommends the utilization of adapted instrument in order to assess chronic drug knowledge of any patient fluent in Portuguese. Healthcare team have to provide continuous drug education programs, which should be tailored to the extent of patient support and cover even long time use drugs. Patients taking active part (empowerment) in the management of their medication should also be stimulated.
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Prescrição de medicamentos e compreensão do paciente na Atenção Primária à Saúde: análise comparativa entre o modelo de atendimento básico tradicional e a Estratégia de Saúde da Família no município de Ribeirão Preto- SP / Drug prescriptions and patients\' knowledge in Primary Health Care: comparative analysis of the traditional basic medical care service and the Family Health Strategy in the city of Ribeirão Preto- SP

Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti 08 April 2016 (has links)
A Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) tem apresentado bons resultados em saúde e pode ser um instrumento importante para a efetivação do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (URM). A prescrição medicamentosa é um componente fundamental para a promoção do URM, portanto a ESF precisa ter uma abordagem diferenciada também em relação ao processo de prescrição. Este estudo transversal visa analisar comparativamente as prescrições provenientes do serviço de atendimento médico básico tradicional com aquelas provindas da ESF, assim como avaliar a compreensão dos pacientes sobre estas prescrições, no município de Ribeirão Preto- SP. Este estudo incluiu 1.053 participantes, os quais foram alocados em dois grupos: 932 usuários provenientes do modelo de atendimento básico tradicional (Grupo A - GA) e 121 usuários provenientes da ESF (Grupo B - GB). Foram coletados dados sociodemográficos e aplicou-se um instrumento para analisar a compreensão do usuário sobre a sua receita de medicamentos. As prescrições foram ainda copiadas e posteriormente analisadas de acordo com: conformidade com os itens exigidos por lei; indicadores de qualidade da prescrição propostos pela OMS; complexidade farmacoterapêutica; presença de interações medicamentosas. A maioria dos participantes era do sexo feminino (77,5%), possuía renda per capita de até um salário mínimo (67,2%) e a escolaridade correspondente ao ensino fundamental completo ou não (63,4%). A média de idade foi de 53,9 anos (DP= 17,5). Quanto à compreensão do paciente sobre a prescrição, 63,3% dos usuários do GA apresentaram compreensão insuficiente, no GB esta frequência foi de apenas 18,2%. As prescrições da ESF também se mostraram estatisticamente superiores quanto ao cumprimento dos aspectos legais: presença da forma farmacêutica (70,7% GA; 80,2% GB), dose (70,9% GA; 79,3% GB), posologia completa (63% GA; 75,2% GB), via de administração (58,3% GA; 83,5% GB), duração do tratamento (76,9% GA; 92,6% GB), endereço do prescritor (82,6% GA; 96,7% GB) e ausência de rasuras (90,3% GA; 96,7% GB). A média de medicamentos prescritos foi de 3,9 no GA (DP= 2,8) e 3,5 no GB (DP = 2,4). Em ambos os grupos cerca de 92% dos medicamentos foram prescritos pela denominação oficial, aproximadamente 91% constavam na lista de medicamentos essenciais do município. 11% das prescrições continham ao menos uma indicação de antibiótico. Medicamentos injetáveis constavam em 9,7% das prescrições do GA e 3,3% das do GB. A média de complexidade foi de 12,6 pontos no GA (DP= 9,4) e 11,8 pontos no GB (DP= 8,3). Em relação à presença de interações medicamentosas potencias, no GA a média de interações por prescrição foi de 2,5 (DP = 3,9), no GB o valor foi de 1,9 (DP= 2,6). Em conclusão, os resultados revelam práticas inapropriadas na prescrição de medicamentos em ambas as modalidades de atendimento primário, entretanto, os prescritores da ESF parecem estar mais preparados para realizar a prescrição racional de medicamentos, ainda que não estejam no padrão ideal. / The Family Health Strategy (FHS) has shown good results in health and it is argued that this strategy can be an important tool for ensuring the Rational Use of Drugs (RUD). The rational prescription of drugs is a key component to promote RUD, thus the FHS must have a differential approach regarding drug prescription process too. This cross-sectional research aims to compare drug prescriptions derived from the traditional basic medical care service with those from the FHS, as well as to measure patients\' knowledge about these prescriptions, in Ribeirão Preto- SP. This study includes 1.053 participants, which were separated into two groups: 932 individuals coming from the traditional basic medical care service (Group A - GA) and 121 individuals from the FHS (Group B - GB). Sociodemographic data was collected and an instrument to analyze patient\'s knowledge about their prescription was applied. Prescriptions were also copied and analyzed according to: compliance with prescription standards demanded by the law; prescription quality indicators proposed by WHO; pharmacotherapeutic complexity; presence of drug interactions. Most participants were female (77.5%) had per capita income up to minimum wage (67.2%) and level of education corresponding to elementary school, complete or not (63.4%). The average age was 53.9 years (SD= 17.5). Regarding patient\'s knowledge about their prescriptions, 63.3% of GA individuals had insufficient knowledge; in GB this rate was only 18.2%. Furthermore, prescriptions from FHS also show statistically superior results about compliance with standards demanded by the law, such as: the presence of the pharmaceutical form (70.7% GA; 80.2% GB), dose (70.9% GA; 79.3% GB), comprehensive posology (63% GA; 75.2% GB), administration route (GA 58.3%; 83.5% GB), time of therapy (76.9% GA; 92.6% GB) prescriber\'s address(82.6% GA; GB 96.7%) and absence of erasures (90.3% GA; GB 96.7%). The average number of prescribed drugs was 3.9 in GA (SD = 2.8) and 3.5 in GB (SD = 2.4). In both groups about 92% of the drugs were prescribed by the official nomination, approximately 91% of prescribed drugs were listed on the Essential Medications List of the city and 11% of prescriptions had at least one antibiotic prescribed. Injectable drugs were prescribed in 9.7% of prescriptions from GA and 3.3% from GB. The average complexity was 12.6 points in GA (SD = 9.4) and 11.8 points in GB (SD = 8.3). About the existence of potential drug interactions, the average drug interactions by prescriptions in GA was 2.5 (SD = 3.9), in GB it was 1.9 (SD = 2.6). All things considered, the results reveal inappropriate practices in drug prescription in both modalities of Primary Health Care, nonetheless, prescribers from FHS seem to be more prepared to make rational drug prescription, although they are not still in the ideal pattern.
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Idosos: o que conhecem sobre os medicamentos prescritos que utilizam? / Elderly: what do they know about prescribed drugs in use?

Thiago Vinicius Nadaleto Didone 26 February 2015 (has links)
O conhecimento do paciente sobre seus medicamentos é o conjunto de informações sobre o medicamento necessárias para garantir seu uso correto. Este conhecimento é insuficiente nos idosos, que representam o segmento populacional que usa mais medicamentos e que mais cresce no Brasil. Este estudo identificou fatores relacionados ao conhecimento que pacientes muito idosos (&#8805;80 anos), atendidos no Ambulatório de Fragilidade do Hospital Universitário da USP, possuíam sobre a medicação prescrita. As 11 perguntas do questionário espanhol \"Conocimiento del Paciente sobre su Medicamento\" foram adaptadas transculturalmente ao português brasileiro, processo que incluiu etapas de tradução, retradução, pré-teste e avaliação da confiabilidade e validade de construto da versão final. Esta foi usada para medir o conhecimento sobre todos os medicamentos prescritos pelo geriatra na última consulta médica por meio de uma entrevista face a face com o paciente ou seu cuidador. O conhecimento foi explicado por variáveis relacionadas ao entrevistado, ao atendimento médico e aos medicamentos, incluídas em um modelo misto linear. Foi construído um modelo para pacientes e outro para cuidadores. O questionário adaptado mostrou equivalência conceitual, de item, semântica, operacional, de mensuração e funcional com o original. A versão brasileira apresentou confiabilidade suficiente (&#945; de Cronbach=0,736). Sua estrutura interna foi semelhante a do questionário espanhol e o conhecimento estimado esteve correlacionado à adesão ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo (rb=0,86), ao controle da pressão arterial (rb=0,46) e à complexidade da prescrição (r=-0,22). No grupo de pacientes, medicamentos usados de 0,1 a 6,0 meses (b=0,19, p=0,009), e a mais de 6 meses (b=0,12, p=0,025), foram mais conhecidos que medicamentos nunca usados. No grupo de cuidadores, medicamentos classificados como potencialmente perigosos em ambiente ambulatorial foram mais conhecidos que os outros medicamentos (b=0,16, p=0,004) e, quanto maior a categoria do nível de instrução, maior o conhecimento. Assim, recomenda-se o uso do instrumento adaptado para medir o conhecimento sobre medicamentos de uso crônico em qualquer paciente fluente na língua portuguesa. A equipe de saúde precisa prover programas contínuos de educação sobre medicamentos, os quais devem ser adaptados à rede de apoio do paciente, incluindo os medicamentos usados há muito tempo. Deve-se, também, estimular a participação ativa do paciente (empoderamento) no gerenciamento de seus medicamentos. / Patient drug knowledge is the set of drug information needed to guarantee correct drug use. This knowledge is poor in aged individuals, which is the most drug consuming and the fastest growing age group. Here, we identified factors related to the knowledge very old patients (&#8805;80 years) attending the Frailty Ambulatory of the University Hospital of USP possessed on prescribed drugs. The 11 items of the Spanish questionnaire entitled \"Conocimiento del Paciente sobre su Medicamento\" were cross-culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, which included translation, back-translation, pretest, and reliability and construct validity assessment of the final version. The latter was used to measure knowledge about all geriatrician prescribed drugs in the last appointment by means of a face-to-face interview with either patient or caregiver. Drug knowledge was explained by variables related to interviewee, medical appointment, and prescribed drugs, which were included in a linear mixed model. It was obtained one model for patients and another for caregivers. The adapted questionnaire possessed conceptual, item, semantic, operational, measurement, and functional equivalence with the original. Realiability of the Brazilian version was sufficient (Cronbach´s &#945;=.736). Internal structure was similar to the Spanish questionnaire and estimated drug knowledge was correlated to adherence to antihypertensive treatment (rb=.86), blood pressure control (rb=.46), and medication regimen complexity (r=-.22). In the patient group, drugs used from 0.1 to 6.0 months (b=0.19, p=.009), and used longer than 6 months (b=0.12, p=.025) presented more knowledge than never used ones. In the caregiver group, medications classified as high-alert in ambulatory healthcare were associated with higher knowledge than other drugs (b=0.16, p=.004) and, higher the educational level category, the bigger the caregiver drug knowledge. Thus, this work recommends the utilization of adapted instrument in order to assess chronic drug knowledge of any patient fluent in Portuguese. Healthcare team have to provide continuous drug education programs, which should be tailored to the extent of patient support and cover even long time use drugs. Patients taking active part (empowerment) in the management of their medication should also be stimulated.
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Conhecimento dos pacientes de um hospital de ensino a respeito dos medicamentos prescritos na alta hospitalar

Lupatini, Evandro de Oliveira 08 December 2014 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-19T16:40:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 evandrodeoliveiralupatini.pdf: 1858906 bytes, checksum: 5cce2914c24271bd66cff2c1d9dbc87f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T18:00:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 evandrodeoliveiralupatini.pdf: 1858906 bytes, checksum: 5cce2914c24271bd66cff2c1d9dbc87f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T18:00:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 evandrodeoliveiralupatini.pdf: 1858906 bytes, checksum: 5cce2914c24271bd66cff2c1d9dbc87f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-08 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A farmacoterapia sempre assumiu um importante papel na prevenção, manutenção e recuperação da saúde. Entretanto, a prescrição e a utilização inapropriada de medicamentos vêm causando graves problemas à saúde coletiva, de forma que há necessidade do uso racional de medicamentos. Há um consenso na literatura de que pacientes informados são mais propensos ao cumprimento de regimes terapêuticos. No contexto hospitalar, o momento da alta é considerado crítico, uma vez que envolve a transição do paciente em níveis assistenciais. O trabalho buscou verificar o conhecimento dos pacientes a respeito dos medicamentos prescritos na alta hospitalar em um hospital de ensino. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, de corte transversal prospectivo, realizado no Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora no período de setembro a dezembro de 2013. Foram entrevistados 107 pacientes ou cuidadores de pacientes no momento da alta hospitalar sendo aplicados questionários com o intuito de verificar o conhecimento sobre a prescrição de alta, bem como investigar fatores associados a este conhecimento. Foi atribuída pontuação (0 a 13 pontos) e sua correspondência em três níveis de conhecimento: insuficiente, regular e bom. A pontuação média foi 9,66 pontos, correspondendo a um nível de conhecimento regular. Dez por cento dos entrevistados apresentaram nível insuficiente, 58,9% regular e 30,8% bom. Os dois maiores índices de acerto foram quanto à frequência de administração (94,4% de concordância) e via de administração (97,2%). Os dois piores índices de acerto foram para interações medicamentosas (15,9%) e efeitos adversos (29,0%). Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre a média da pontuação de grupos em função da raça/cor (autodeclarada) e polifarmácia. Mesmo estando satisfeitos com as orientações transmitidas, “precauções”, “efeitos adversos” e “interações medicamentosas” foram os temas mais demandados pelos entrevistados quanto a maiores orientações. Infere-se que as atividades de educação em saúde deveriam estar mais presentes, contribuindo para um maior conhecimento do paciente. Sugere-se o trabalho ordenado e conjunto dos diversos profissionais de saúde, tomando por base o diálogo com o paciente, preparando-o desde o primeiro dia de internação para o momento da alta. Neste âmbito, o profissional farmacêutico deve ser convocado a participar do planejamento da alta hospitalar, integrando a equipe multiprofissional de saúde e fornecendo ao paciente todas as informações necessárias para o uso seguro e racional dos medicamentos. / Pharmacotherapy has always played an important role in prevention, maintenance and restoration of health. However, the inappropriate prescribing and use of medicines are causing serious public health problems, and rational use of medicines is needed. There is a consensus in the literature that informed patients are more likely to comply with treatment regimens. In the hospital context, the discharge is considered critical, since it involves the transition levels of the patient care. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of patients regarding medications prescribed at discharge in a teaching hospital. This is an exploratory study, a prospective cross-sectional, conducted at University Hospital of UFJF from September to December 2013. 107 patients or caregivers were interviewed at discharge and questionnaires were used to verify the knowledge about prescribing medicines and to investigate factors associated with this knowledge. Score (0-13 points) and their correspondence in three levels of knowledge was given: poor, regular and good. The average score was 9.66 points, which corresponds to a regular level of knowledge. Ten percent of respondents had insufficient levels, 58.9% regular and 30.8% good. The two highest accuracy rate was about the frequency of administration (94,4% agreement) and route of administration (97.2%). The two worst rates were for drug interactions (15.9%) and adverse events (29.0%). There was a statistically significant difference between mean scores based on race / color (self-declared) and polypharmacy. Despite being pleased with the guidelines provided, "precautions", "adverse effects" and "drug interactions" were the topics most in demand by respondents as the major orientations. It is inferred that the activities of education and health should be more present, contributing to a greater understanding of the patient. It is suggested that the ordered work and all the different health professionals, based on a dialogue with the patient, preparing it since the first day of admission to discharge. In this context, the pharmacist should be asked to participate in hospital discharge planning, integrating multidisciplinary health care team to the patient and providing all information necessary for the safe and rational use of medicines.

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