ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR DRUG-THERAPY - THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION

被引：23

作者：

BURNS, E ^{[1
]}

AUSTIN, CA ^{[1
]}

BAX, NDS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NETHER EDGE HOSP, DEPT GERIATR MED, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

来源：

AGE AND AGEING | 1990年 / 19卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1093/ageing/19.4.236

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

The relationship between cognitive function and knowledge about drug therapy and its risks was examined in 207 elderly patients attending a geriatric outpatient clinic. The patients' reports of their therapy were compared with those of their clinic doctor. Patient-doctor agreement on the number of drugs taken per patient fell with increasing age independently of change in cognitive function. However, knowledge about drugs was related to cognitive function. Many patients taking some of the potentially more dangerous drugs were ignorant of possible side-effects of their treatment. Doctors need to be trained more effectively in communicating with elderly patients about their treatment and its risks. © 1990 British Geriatrics Society.

引用

页码：236 / 240

页数：5

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