Conn V S
School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.
J Adv Nurs. 1991 Oct;16(10):1190-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01528.x.
Previous research has found over-the-counter (OTC) medication use not easily predicted from physical symptom experience. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between older adults' use of OTC medications and mood, social, health and demographic variables. Interviews were conducted with 186 adults aged 65 to 99 years. The mood variables of anxiety and depression were measured by the Profile of Mood States. The quality and degree of intimacy in a social relationship was measured by the Emotional Bondedness Scale. OTC medication use was measured by assessing frequency of OTC medication use, the total number of categories of OTC medication used, and the use of OTC medications in response to symptoms. Subjective health appraisal, number of chronic illnesses, number of prescriptive medications, the number of symptoms experienced in the previous month, and physician-office visit frequency were recorded. OTC medication use was predicted by the total number of symptoms experienced, emotional bondedness, age, anxiety, income, cohabitation status, and the frequency of physician-office visits. The total number of symptoms experienced accounted for more variance in OTC medication use than any other variable.
先前的研究发现，非处方（OTC）药物的使用不易从身体症状体验中预测出来。本研究的目的是探讨老年人使用非处方药物与情绪、社交、健康和人口统计学变量之间的关系。对186名65至99岁的成年人进行了访谈。焦虑和抑郁的情绪变量通过情绪状态剖面图进行测量。社会关系中的亲密质量和程度通过情感联结量表进行测量。非处方药物的使用通过评估非处方药物的使用频率、使用的非处方药物类别总数以及针对症状使用非处方药物的情况来衡量。记录主观健康评估、慢性病数量、处方药数量、前一个月经历的症状数量以及看医生的频率。非处方药物的使用可由经历的症状总数、情感联结、年龄、焦虑、收入、同居状况以及看医生的频率来预测。经历的症状总数在非处方药物使用中所占的方差比任何其他变量都要多。
