Effective chronic disease management: Patients’ perspectives on medication-related problems
Briefly describe the study
Given evidence from previous studies, patients’ experiencing medication-related problems were found to be within a range of 2.5 to 65%, in primary care. These issues could lead to suboptimal usage of medicines, accounting for the high mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, this qualitative interview study evaluated patients’ perspectives on their medication-related issues, of those who have a chronic condition, which was cardiovascular disease. Identification of patients’ problems can allow us to offer solutions to optimise therapy and management.
Participants who had been prescribed a cardiovascular drug for a cardiovascular condition, or presented with a prescription for a cardiovascular drug in a pharmacy, and were over 18 years old, were recruited from five general medical surgeries and four community pharmacies. Initially, participants took …show more content…
Patients will try to actively resolve issues themselves without consulting a professional, which may compromise the management of their chronic disease. There are five main problems identified from this study, ranges from the anxiety of side effects, views regarding use of medicines and ability to use medicines, through to lack of understanding of medicines and the limited access to services.
Strengths of the study include the holistic approach and qualitative interview method, which was transcribed verbatim, this allowed for information to be provided from patients’ perspectives on medication-related problems. Data analysis was also validated by multiple members of the research team, to ensure reliability. In my opinion, strength of the paper is that they included a sample of patients that had no apparent problems identified during the screening interview, in addition to the ones who did have
Briefly describe the study
Given evidence from previous studies, patients’ experiencing medication-related problems were found to be within a range of 2.5 to 65%, in primary care. These issues could lead to suboptimal usage of medicines, accounting for the high mortality and morbidity rates. Therefore, this qualitative interview study evaluated patients’ perspectives on their medication-related issues, of those who have a chronic condition, which was cardiovascular disease. Identification of patients’ problems can allow us to offer solutions to optimise therapy and management.
Participants who had been prescribed a cardiovascular drug for a cardiovascular condition, or presented with a prescription for a cardiovascular drug in a pharmacy, and were over 18 years old, were recruited from five general medical surgeries and four community pharmacies. Initially, participants took …show more content…
Patients will try to actively resolve issues themselves without consulting a professional, which may compromise the management of their chronic disease. There are five main problems identified from this study, ranges from the anxiety of side effects, views regarding use of medicines and ability to use medicines, through to lack of understanding of medicines and the limited access to services.
Strengths of the study include the holistic approach and qualitative interview method, which was transcribed verbatim, this allowed for information to be provided from patients’ perspectives on medication-related problems. Data analysis was also validated by multiple members of the research team, to ensure reliability. In my opinion, strength of the paper is that they included a sample of patients that had no apparent problems identified during the screening interview, in addition to the ones who did have