Journal article
Improving adherence to multiple medications in older people in primary care: Selecting intervention components to address patient-reported barriers and facilitators
DE Patton, CA Cadogan, C Ryan, JJ Francis, GJ Gormley, P Passmore, N Kerse, CM Hughes
Health Expectations | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12595
Abstract
Background: Medication adherence is vital to ensuring optimal patient outcomes, particularly amongst multimorbid older people prescribed multiple medications. Interventions targeting adherence often lack a theoretical underpinning and this may impact on effectiveness. The theoretical domains framework (TDF) of behaviour can aid intervention development by systematically identifying key determinants of medication adherence. Objectives: This study aimed to (i) identify determinants (barriers, facilitators) of adherence to multiple medications from older people's perspectives; (ii) identify key domains to target for behaviour change; and (iii) map key domains to intervention components [behavio..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by The Dunhill Medical Trust [grant number: R298/0513]. The funding body was not involved in the design of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation of findings or in writing the manuscript.