Strategies to Improve Therapeutic Adherence in Polymedicated Patients over 65 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Part of the population over 65 years of age suffer from several pathologies and are therefore polymedicated. In this systematic review and metanalysis, we aimed to determine the efficacy of several strategies developed to improve adherence to pharmacological treatment in polymedicated elderly people.

Design

Web Of Science, PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched until 2 January 2024. In total, 17 of the 1508 articles found evaluated the efficacy of interventions to improve adherence to medication in polymedicated elderly patients. Methodological quality and the risk of bias were rated using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Open Meta Analyst^® software was used to create forest plots of the meta-analysis.

Results

In 11 of the 17 studies, an im

SUBMITTER: Burgos-Alonso N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10892390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature