Performance of Medication Tasks: Relationship Among Patient-Reported Outcomes, Performance-Based Assessments, and Objective Assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Occupational therapy practitioners use standardized assessments to guide their clinical decision-making, but it is unclear how well performance on standardized assessments translates to performance at home.

Objective

To understand the concurrent and predictive validity of patient-reported outcomes and performance-based assessments for monitoring performance at home within the context of medication management and adherence.

Design

Exploratory study.

Setting

Participants completed standardized assessments in a lab or at home, which were followed by home-based electronic monitoring of medication adherence.

Participants

Sixty community-dwelling adults with hypertension or stroke who independently took antihypertensive medications.

Outcomes and

SUBMITTER: Schwartz JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11117467 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature