Implementation of pharmacotherapy monitoring: Experiences and views of medicine users.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In long-term illnesses, monitoring is an essential part of successful pharmacotherapy. Medicine users' experiences on monitoring have not been widely studied even though they have an important role in the implementation of pharmacotherapy.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the medicine users' experiences on the implementation of pharmacotherapy monitoring. The focus was on the instructions received regarding the frequency of follow-up visits in health care, the actual frequency of the visits, and the experienced sufficiency of monitoring. Furthermore, we aimed to identify the characteristics of respondents and pharmacotherapy that were associated with implementation of pharmacotherapy monitoring.

Methods

We conducted an online survey tar

SUBMITTER: Ronngard-Jalkanen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704429 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature