Medication Management Strategies to Support Medication Adherence: Interview Study With Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home medication management has been insufficiently studied, including the factors that impact the development and effectiveness of adherence strategies under both routine and anomalous circumstances. Older adults are a particularly important population to study due to the greater likelihood of taking medication in combination with the desire to "age in place."

Objective

This interview study aims to understand how older adults develop medication management strategies, identify when and why such strategies succeed or fail, learn more about how older adults think about their medication, and explore interventions that increase medication adherence.

Methods

This study used a qualitative, semistructured interview design to elicit older adults' experiences with ho

SUBMITTER: Gualtieri L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350294 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature