TY - JOUR
T1 - Medication Problems Among Outpatients
T2 - A Study With Emphasis on the Elderly
AU - Klein, Lawrence E.
AU - German, Pearl S.
AU - Levine, David M.
AU - Feroli, E. Robert
AU - Ardery, Joan
PY - 1984/6
Y1 - 1984/6
N2 - When patients ascribe adverse symptoms to their medications, the medical care process can be affected. To Investigate how often medical outpatients link various adverse symptoms with their medications and to learn what actions they take in response, 299 randomly selected medical outpatients were interviewed. Thirty percent of the subjects identified at least one medication as causing an undesirable symptom. Subjects 65 years or older attributed a lower mean number of adverse symptoms to their medications than did younger subjects. Subjects rarely reported modifying their medication regimens due to adverse symptoms, a finding supported by multiple regression analysis. Approximately one in four subjects did not discuss their symptoms with their providers. These results have important implications for medical care in general, and for the elderly in particular.
AB - When patients ascribe adverse symptoms to their medications, the medical care process can be affected. To Investigate how often medical outpatients link various adverse symptoms with their medications and to learn what actions they take in response, 299 randomly selected medical outpatients were interviewed. Thirty percent of the subjects identified at least one medication as causing an undesirable symptom. Subjects 65 years or older attributed a lower mean number of adverse symptoms to their medications than did younger subjects. Subjects rarely reported modifying their medication regimens due to adverse symptoms, a finding supported by multiple regression analysis. Approximately one in four subjects did not discuss their symptoms with their providers. These results have important implications for medical care in general, and for the elderly in particular.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350180105016
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350180105016
M3 - Article
C2 - 6732378
AN - SCOPUS:84941812475
VL - 144
SP - 1185
EP - 1188
JO - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
JF - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
SN - 2168-6106
IS - 6
ER -