OBJECTIVE: To examine interventions and outcomes of medication compliance studies in older adults. METHODS: An integrated review of randomized controlled trials was completed. RESULTS: Thirty-one of 57 studies reported significantly greater medication compliance in treatment subjects versus control subjects. Interventions included counseling, education, self-medication programs, cues and organizers, and decreasing dosing frequency. Decreasing dosing frequency and self-medication programs were successful, although not frequently evaluated. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should address methodologic flaws (eg, small sample sizes, measurement validity issues), test theory-based interventions delivered by diverse providers, evaluate intervention dose, and examine persistence of compliance behavior changes.
OBJECTIVE: To examine interventions and outcomes of medication compliance studies in older adults. METHODS: An integrated review of randomized controlled trials was completed. RESULTS: Thirty-one of 57 studies reported significantly greater medication compliance in treatment subjects versus control subjects. Interventions included counseling, education, self-medication programs, cues and organizers, and decreasing dosing frequency. Decreasing dosing frequency and self-medication programs were successful, although not frequently evaluated. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should address methodologic flaws (eg, small sample sizes, measurement validity issues), test theory-based interventions delivered by diverse providers, evaluate intervention dose, and examine persistence of compliance behavior changes.
Authors: Cynthia L Russell; Donna Hathaway; Laura M Remy; Dana Aholt; Debra Clark; Courtney Miller; Catherine Ashbaugh; Mark Wakefield; Sangbeak Ye; Vincent S Staggs; Rebecca J Ellis; Kathy Goggin Journal: Am J Transplant Date: 2019-08-20 Impact factor: 8.086
Authors: Marie A Krousel-Wood; Paul Muntner; Tareq Islam; Donald E Morisky; Larry S Webber Journal: Med Clin North Am Date: 2009-05 Impact factor: 5.456
Authors: Ian J Deary; Catharine R Gale; Marlene C W Stewart; F Gerald R Fowkes; Gordon D Murray; G David Batty; Jacqueline F Price Journal: Intelligence Date: 2009-11