Medication adherence: Is it a hidden drug-related problem in hidden elderly?

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 978-985

  Lee, Vivian Wy ^a   Pang, Kathy Kw ^a   Hui, Ka Chun ^a   Kwok, Jennifer Ck ^a   Leung, Siu Ling ^a   Yu, Doris Sau Fung ^a   Lee, Diana Tze Fan ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drug related problems; Hidden elderly; Pharmacy and nursing interventions; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GOUT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; WELLBEING;

DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS; HIDDEN ELDERLY; PHARMACY AND NURSING INTERVENTIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NURSING; PHARMACISTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84885931468     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12042     Document Type: Article

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