Questionnaire Survey on Burden of Medication Assistance to Caregiver
10.14925/32.48
- VernacularTitle:介護者が感じる服薬介助負担のアンケート調査
- Author:
Hiromichi Suzuki
;
Tomoo Nakata
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
burden of medication assistance;
medicational management;
degree of medication assistances;
sense of mission;
pharmacist cooperation
- From:Japanese Journal of Social Pharmacy
2013;32(2):48-53
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Generally, the adults can manage their own medications of prescribed drugs. However, medication assistance may be required in the elderly. The family plays a medication assistance, in home, which is afraid to be a burden on the family. In this study, we performed questionnaire survey to caregiver using our day-service center so that we study the actual situation of the medication assistance. From the result of the survey, 64% of caregivers were older than 60 years old. Sixty six percents of caregivers felt some kind of burdens for management of medicine, and 70% felt a burden for medication assistances. The multiple regression analysis showed that “the burden about management of the medicine” and “the degree of medication assistances” significantly affected a sense of the burden about medication assistances (p<0.01). In addition, from the free comment on the questionnaire, it was considered that some caregivers foster a sense of the burden about medication assistances by their strong sense of mission. From these results, it is shown that many caregivers felt a burden on medication assistance. It is suggested that the intervention of pharmacists can be reduce the burden of medication assistance.
