Medication information seeking behavior of patients who use multiple medicines: How does it affect adherence?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Carter, Stephen R ^a   Moles, Rebekah ^a   White, Lesley ^b   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behavior; Information seeking behavior; Patient adherence; Patient non adherence; Personal autonomy; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878650006     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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