Prescription medications: Beliefs, experiences, behavior, and adherence of sheltered housing residents

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2123-2129

  George, Johnson ^a   Munro, Kim ^a   McCaig, Dorothy J ^a   Stewart, Derek C ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Elderly; Health beliefs; Medication risk; Sheltered housing

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION RISK QUESTIONNAIRE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SHELTERED HOUSING RESIDENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33845659970     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H355     Document Type: Article

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