Assessing self-administration of medication: video-based evaluation of patient performance in the ABLYMED study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults often face challenges in medication management due to multimorbidity and complex medication regimens, which frequently go unreported. Unrecognized problems, however, may lead to a loss of drug efficacy and harmful side effects. This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of such problems by applying a novel video-based assessment procedure in a sample of elderly patients.

Methods

In this study, 67 elderly in-patients (≥70 years old and regularly taking ≥5 different drugs autonomously) from the ABLYMED study participated in a placebo-based assessment of medication management with five different dosage forms in an instructed manner while being filmed. Patient performance was quantified by the median value of two raters who evaluated each step of medicat

SUBMITTER: Luegering A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613422 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature