Are patients reliable when self-reporting medication use? Validation of structured drug interviews and home visits by drug analysis and prescription data in acutely hospitalized patients

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1440-1449

  Glintborg, Bente ^a   Hillestrøm, Peter René ^a   Holm Olsen, Lenette ^a   Dalhoff, Kim Peder ^b   Enghusen Poulsen, Henrik ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Home visits; Medication lists; Pharmacy records; Secondary medication interviews

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; DIGOXIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CUSHING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35448939255     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270007307243     Document Type: Article

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