RT Journal Article
T1 Daily Medication Management and Adherence in the Polymedicated Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portugal
A1 Gomes, Daniel
A1 Placido, Ana Isabel
A1 Mó, Rita
A1 Simões, João Lindo
A1 Amaral, Odete
A1 Fernandes, Isabel
A1 Lima, Fátima
A1 Morgado, Manuel
A1 Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo
A1 Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira
A1 Roque, Fátima
K1 Elderly
K1 Polypharmacy
K1 Daily Management Of Medication
K1 Medication Adherence
K1 Self-Care
K1 Nonadherence Related Factors
AB The presence of age-related comorbidities prone elderly patients to the phenomenon of polypharmacy and consequently to a higher risk of nonadherence. Thus, this paper aims to characterize the medication consumption profile and explore the relationship of beliefs and daily medication management on medication adherence by home-dwelling polymedicated elderly people. A questionnaire on adherence, managing, and beliefs of medicines was applied to polymedicated patients with ≥65 years old, in primary care centers of the central region of Portugal. Of the 1089 participants, 47.7% were considered nonadherent. Forgetfulness (38.8%), difficulties in managing medication (14.3%), concerns with side effects (10.7%), and the price of medication (9.2%) were pointed as relevant medication nonadherence-related factors. It was observed that patients who had difficulties managing medicines, common forgetfulness, concerns with side effects, doubting the need for the medication, considered prices expensive, and had a lack of trust for some medicines had a higher risk of being nonadherent. This study provides relevant information concerning the daily routine and management of medicines that can be useful to the development of educational strategies to promote health literacy and improve medication adherence in polymedicated home-dwelling elderly.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21925
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21925
LA eng
NO Gomes, D.; Placido, A.I.; Mó, R.; Simões, J.L.; Amaral, O.; Fernandes, I.; Lima, F.; Morgado, M.; Figueiras, A.; Herdeiro, M.T.; Roque, F. Daily Medication Management and Adherence in the Polymedicated Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portugal. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 200
NO This work was supported by project MedElderly [SAICT-POL/23585/2016], co-funded by PortugueseFoundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia—FCT/MCTES), Portugal 2020 andCentro 2020 and FEDER grants (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-023585)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026