A Pilot Study Evaluating Medication Adherence in Geriatric Patients with Chronic Conditions

Abstract

Introduction: More established grown-ups are more inclined to ongoing circumstances and intermittent ailment like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, respiratory messes and so on which might require persistent prescription with different medications. Unfortunate consistency in this age bunch represents medicine wastage with the inflated cost of medical care and significant deterioration of the sickness with disability of death. A large portion of the human and financial expenses related to non-adherence can be tried not by further developing prescription adherence. Typically, geriatric patients have different co-morbidities, which can antagonistically influence drug consistence. Our review recognizes different reasons liable for low adherence. Aim: To assess the level of medication compliance in the geriatric patients with chronic conditions and also analyze the reason behind the non-adherence. Materials and methods: The study subjects were assessed by using 8 structured questionnaires as per modified morisky medication adherence scale(MMAS). Results: A total of 88 subjects of geriatric patients with chronic conditions were assessed for the level of compliance for long term medications. The compliance level was assessed by interviewing patients with 8 item structured questionnaires as per Modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). The level of compliance was high in 34  and moderate in 39 and low in 15 of the study subjects. Conclusion: To further develop drug adherence it is fundamental to recognize the purposes for the non-adherence like confounded systems, obliviousness about the sickness and inconveniences, physical and financial problems, forgetfulness, accessibility issues and absence of section of land providers and so on. Geriatric patients particularly tend to quit taking drugs by their own this can make it hard to anticipate improvement in the adherence. So, medication consistency is a vital element which increments helpful result.