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Adolescent and Parent Management of Controlled Prescription Medications
- Source :
- Substance Use & Misuse. 54:2264-2274
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Most adolescents who misuse controlled prescription medications acquire them from home settings. However, little is known regarding household management (storage, administration and disposal) of these medications. OBJECTIVE: to describe household management of controlled medications METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with paired data using brief, online, confidential surveys of adolescents and parents via an adolescent medicine clinic associated with a large academic center. Eligible adolescents were 12–18 years with at least one controlled prescription medication in the home. Six core safe management strategies for controlled medications were identified based on current recommendations. Data were collected and analyzed in 2017. RESULTS: Of the 243 adolescent-parent dyads, 78.2% (n=190) dyads store medication out of sight, 68.7% (n=167) lock up medications, 78.2% (n=190) do not store pills besides a school nurse’s office or a parent’s place of work, 43.6% (n=106) provide periodic parental monitoring, 64.6% (n=157) frequently dispose of unused controlled medications (at least every 3–4 months), and 80.2% (n=195) dispose of controlled medications in a prescription drug take-back program or by flushing. Families with an adolescent prescription for a controlled medication were more likely to use several core management strategies (periodic parental monitoring, frequent disposal, and appropriate disposal location). Families with a household pain reliever were 8.7 times (95% CI 3.3, 23.3) as likely to not keep spare pills in inappropriate locations. CONCLUSIONS/IMPORTANCE: Most families do not practice all recommended safe management strategies for controlled medications. Healthcare professionals should promote safe management to reduce controlled prescription medication misuse.
- Subjects :
- Male
Parents
Family Characteristics
medicine.medical_specialty
Prescription Drugs
Health (social science)
Adolescent
business.industry
Drug Storage
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Controlled medications
Article
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Emergency medicine
Humans
Medicine
Female
Medical prescription
business
Prescription Drug Misuse
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15322491 and 10826084
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5028119adcdc2cb1a6f7abb671a40fa5
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2019.1645176