Medical student‐led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1‐month adherence rates

Approximately 40% of patients are non‐adherent to their medications. A prospective study of 80 patients evaluated the effectiveness of medical student‐led pre‐discharge medication education sessions. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group were adherent to their regu...

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Published inInternal medicine journal Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 328 - 332
Main Authors Leung, Chun H. S., Chong, Carol, Lim, Wen K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.03.2017
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Subjects
adherence
Aged
discharge
education
Female
Humans
Male
Medical personnel
medical student
Medical students
medication
Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge
Patient education
Patient Education as Topic
Physician-Patient Relations
Prospective Studies
Students, Medical
Victoria - epidemiology
discharge
medication
education
medical student
adherence
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Summary:Approximately 40% of patients are non‐adherent to their medications. A prospective study of 80 patients evaluated the effectiveness of medical student‐led pre‐discharge medication education sessions. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group were adherent to their regular medications at 1 month compared with the control group (76.3% compared to 60.3%, P = 0.037). Medical student‐led patient education significantly improved medication adherence rates.
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ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.13365