Psychosocial factors associated with medication burden among community-dwelling older people with multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older people with multimorbidity are often prescribed multiple medication treatments, leading to difficulties in self-managing their medications and negative experiences in medication use. The perceived burden arising from the process of undertaking medication self-management practices has been described as medication burden. Preliminary evidence has suggested that patients' demographic and clinical characteristics may impact their medication burden. Little is known regarding how psychosocial factors affect medication burden in older people with multimorbidity. The aim of this study was to identify psychosocial factors associated with medication burden among community-dwelling older people with multimorbidity.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectio

SUBMITTER: Yang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10648314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature