Tools to measure barriers to medication management capacity in older adults: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication management capacity is a crucial component of medication adherence, particularly among older adults. Various factors, including physical abilities, cognitive functions, sensory capabilities, motivational, and environmental factors, influence older adults' ability to manage medications. It is, therefore, crucial to identify appropriate tools that allow clinicians to determine which factors may impact medication management capacity and, consequently, nonadherence to medications.

Purpose

1)To identify tools that measure physical, cognitive, sensory (vision, hearing, touch), motivational, and environmental barriers to medication self-management in older adults, and 2) to understand the extent to which these tools assess various barriers.

Methods

The

SUBMITTER: Baby B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10967066 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature