Patients' perceptions of medicines information received at hospital discharge in Norway: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT: Background Insufficient transfer of medicines information is a common challenge at discharge from hospital. Following discharge, home dwelling patients are expected to manage their medicines themselves and adequate counselling is an important prerequisite for patient empowerment and self-efficacy for medicines management. Objective The aim was to identify patients' needs for medicines information after discharge from hospital, including the patients' perception and appraisal of the information they received at discharge. Setting The study enrolled patients discharged from three medical wards at a secondary care hospital in Oslo, Norway. Method Patients were included at the hospital, at or close to the day of discharge and qualitative, semi-structured interviews were performed during the fi

SUBMITTER: Svensberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature