Drug Use Behavior among Elderly in Nakhon Phanom Province
Keywords:
medicine, drug use behavior, elderlyAbstract
This Mixed Methods Research aimed to study drug use behavior among 610 elderly by systematic random sampling during. Data were collected by interviews and in-depth interview question guidelines. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and content analysis. The research found that the majority of samples were female 64.8% [an average age of 68.0 years (S.D. = 5.9)] , living with family 76.2%, had congenital diseases 66.7%, no conditions diseases 74.1 %, Diabetes mellitus 43.2%, followed by Hypertension 40.8%, average number of pills 3.4 tablets, average continuous drug use experience 4.6 years, an average medicine 1.6 times per day, and self-administered medication 90.2%. In addition, the behavioral scores in drug use of samples revealed that the correct medication behavior score was less than 80.0% every question. There was qualitative data supported by key informants, most importantly: forgetting to take medicine all day, stopping taking medicines, failure to notify pharmacist, not throwing expired medicine at the hospital and unprotected medications from moisture.
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