Aging and its relationship to health knowledge and medication compliance

Lawrence E. Klein; P. S. German; S. J. McPhee; C. R. Smith; D. M. Levine

doi:10.1093/geront/22.4.384

Aging and its relationship to health knowledge and medication compliance

Lawrence E. Klein, P. S. German, S. J. McPhee, C. R. Smith, D. M. Levine

School of Medicine

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Health knowledge and medication compliance of patients discharged from a general medical unit were studied. Results demonstrated that knowledge of disease process and medication purpose were significantly lower for elderly patients than for younger ones, whereas compliance was similar. No significant relationship between health knowledge and medication compliance could be discovered. These results suggest that efforts to improve the elderly's medication compliance should be directed at means beyond traditional teaching activities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	384-387
Number of pages	4
Journal	Unknown Journal
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/22.4.384
State	Published - Jan 1 1982

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Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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