Effect of different pharmaceutical care on medication compliance of elderly patients under the mode of medical care / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the effect of different pharmaceutical care on medication compliance of elderly patients under the mode of medical care .Methods 640 elderly patients in the nursing center for self -care were selected as the research subjects .The elderly patients were divided into study group and control group according to the pharmaceutical care model,320 cases in each group.The control group was given traditional pharmaceutical service mode,the study group was given comprehensive drug counseling ,medication guidance and drug related phar-macy services .The medication compliance and satisfaction of the two groups were observed .Results The compliance rate and total compliance rate of the study group were 96.25％,99.37％,respectively,which were significantly higher than 81.87％,94.37％of the control group (χ2 =33.94,13.21,all P<0.05).The satisfaction of the study group was significantly higher than that of the control group (χ2 =8.23,P<0.05).In the two groups,there were no statisti-cally significant differences between medication compliance and record of formal schooling ,age(χ2 =1.16,0.77,all P>0.05).Conclusion Under the mode of medical care ,high quality pharmaceutical care can effectively improve the medication compliance of elderly patients .