Development of a medication literacy assessment instrument (MELIA) for older people receiving home care.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To develop a consensus-based instrument [MELIA] to assess the medication literacy of older home care patients to ultimately optimize medication safety.

Design

This study was part of the project 'Study of Medication Safety in Home Care' (doMESTIC), which took place from 2016 to 2020 in Switzerland. The development process for the medication literacy assessment instrument encompassed six steps.

Method

First, a scoping literature search was conducted in the Pubmed, CINAHL, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases as 2) a basis for the development of assessment items. This was followed by 3) a cognitive interview with home care patients and 4) the first round of a Delphi process. Then, 5) a focus group interview with home care experts was conducted before 6) the second D

SUBMITTER: Gnagi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826207 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature