Medication Lists and Brown Bag Reviews: Potential Positive and Negative Impacts on Patients Beliefs about Their Medicine

Introduction. Medication lists and structured medication counselling (SMC) including “brown bag reviews” (BBR) are important instruments for medication safety. The aim of this study was to explore whether patients’ use of a medication list is associated with their beliefs about their medicine and th...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-6
Main Authors: Szecsenyi, Joachim, Freund, Tobias, Steinhaeuser, Jost, Jäger, Cornelia, Goetz, Katja
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anthropology, Medical
Chronic illnesses
Counseling
Drug Prescriptions
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hospitals
Humans
Likert scale
Male
Medical errors
Medicine
Middle Aged
Patient Safety
Patients
Polypharmacy
Prescription writing
Social aspects
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Introduction. Medication lists and structured medication counselling (SMC) including “brown bag reviews” (BBR) are important instruments for medication safety. The aim of this study was to explore whether patients’ use of a medication list is associated with their beliefs about their medicine and their memory of SMC. Methods. Baseline data of 344 patients enrolled into the “Polypharmacy in Multimorbid Patients study” were analysed. Linear regression models were calculated for the “specific necessity subscale” (SNS) and the “specific concerns subscale” (SCS) of the German “Beliefs About Medicine Questionnaire,” including self-developed variables assessing patients’ use of a medication list, their memory of SMC, and sociodemographic data. Results. 62.8% (n=216) remembered an appointment for SMC and 32.0% (n=110) BBR. The SNS correlated positively with regular receipt of a medication list (β=0.286, p
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2015/874067