Background and objectives: Medication is a source for improved health and increased life quality when used right but also a risk for unnecessary suffering when used wrong. Health personnel have a responsibility obligated by law to give patients individual information in order to enable safe usage and encourage concordance. This project aimed to investigate patients’ satisfaction with the information given about their cardiovascular medication by health personnel and to identify patients’ main sources of information. Design: This was a cross-sectional study with a duration of 2,5 weeks. The objectives were investigated using a survey. Participants were asked to rate the information they had received about their cardiovascular medications by health personnel on a response scale. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Settings: Patients were recruited from four internal medicine wards in Trelleborg’s hospital. Main outcome measures: Satisfaction with information was categorized using the response scale. A score was calculated based on the survey in order to estimate the overall satisfaction and to compare subpopulations. Different options for information sources were listed in the survey. Results: Of 83 eligible patients 60 were included (32 women, age range 50-91). Populations satisfaction score median was 7,5 (5-10) out of 13. No significant difference could be found between subgroups based on gender (p=0,28), age (p=0,42) or educational level (p=0,85). Lowest satisfaction was seen with information about side effects, interactions and required life style changes while highest satisfaction was seen with information about the expected effect of the medicine and how to use it. Patients’ main sources for information were primary care physician, community pharmacist followed by the medicine leaflet which seemed to be the main source for information about side effects and handling of a missed dose. Conclusion: This study indicates that patients wish for more information linked to potential problems of their medicine usage. No difference was found between subgroups; however, this study is likely underpowered to confirm such a correlation. Although patients’ main sources were primary care physician and community pharmacist the medicine leaflet seemed to be an important complement and in some aspects a substitute for health personnel.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-409871 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Sehgelmeble Torrejon, Anna |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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