1. Development of a medication status check sheet to identify patients with poor understanding of their medications: A multicenter study in Japan
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Tomoya Obara, Ryota Kumaki, Hiroshi Shinonaga, Yasushi Takai, Keiichiro Higashi, Maho Tatsumi, Hiroko Otsubo, Makoto Akao, Koji Muto, Akie Yamaguchi, Yoshitomo Shimazaki, and Keiko Kishimoto
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Older individuals ,Polypharmacy ,Medication understanding ,Screening ,Medication adherence ,Medication guidance ,Geriatrics ,RC952-954.6 - Abstract
Background: One of the causes of polypharmacy is aimless medication use due to poor understanding of medications. However, some patients do not adequately understand the indication for medications and adverse effects of polypharmacy. This study aimed to develop a screening tool, the medication status check (MSC), to identify patients with poor understanding of their medications to reduce aimless medication use in Japan. Methods: This multicenter, prospective, observational study was conducted in nine hospitals in Japan. Inpatients aged ≥75 years were surveyed between September 2023 and March 2024. A chi-squared test was conducted to determine the relationship of the 19 MSC draft items with poor and good understanding of medications. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was then performed using significant questions (i.e., those with a P-value of
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- 2024
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