Qualitative study on medication safety behavioral experience of patients with chronic diseases in nursing homes
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20190928-03523
- VernacularTitle:养老院慢性病患者服药安全行为体验的质性研究
- Author:
Heng WANG
1
;
Qiaoyuan YAN
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院护理部，武汉 430022
- Keywords:
Chronic diseases;
Aged;
Nursing home;
Medication safety;
Real experience;
Qualitative study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2020;26(24):3284-3288
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the real experience and coping style of medication safety behaviors of the elderly suffering from chronic diseases in nursing homes and to provide evidence for the medication safety of the elderly.Methods:The objective sampling method was adopted to select 16 elderly patients suffering from chronic diseases in 3 nursing homes in Wuhan from January to April 2019 as the research objects. The phenomenological research method in qualitative research was used to conduct semi-structured interviews, and at the same time, on-site recording was conducted. With the help of NVivo8.0 statistical software, the data were analyzed according to Colaizzi analysis method and the themes were extracted.Results:The real experience of medication safety for elderly people suffering from chronic diseases in nursing homes can be summarized into five major themes, including many types of medications and confusion in memory, difficulty in medications due to different frequencies, large doses of medications and worried about side effects, taking medicine for a long time and difficulty in persisting and poor effects and difficulty in trusting.Conclusions:Elderly people suffering from chronic diseases have many hidden safety hazards in taking medicines. It is necessary to take appropriate measures to intervene in time to prevent the occurrence of adverse events related to taking medicines and to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medications for the elderly.
