Lee Jong Kyung
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013 Apr;43(2):267-75. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2013.43.2.267.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a medication self-management education program on medication awareness, communication with health care provider, medication misuse behavior, and blood pressure in elders with hypertension.
The research design for this study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Participants were 23 elders for the control group, and 26 elders for the experimental group. The experimental group participated in the medication self-management education program which included the following, verbal education, 1:1 consultation, practice in medication self-management, and discussion over 5 sessions. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 program.
There were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control group for medication awareness, medication misuse behavior, and communication with health care providers. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups for blood pressure.
The results indicate that the education program is effective in improving medication awareness and communication with health care providers and in decreasing medication misuse behavior. Therefore, it is recommended that this education program be used as an effective intervention for improving medication self-management for elders with hypertension.
本研究旨在探讨药物自我管理教育项目对老年高血压患者的用药认知、与医护人员的沟通、药物误用行为及血压的影响。
本研究采用非等效对照组准实验设计。对照组有23名老年人，实验组有26名老年人。实验组参加了药物自我管理教育项目，该项目包括以下内容：口头教育、一对一咨询、药物自我管理实践以及5次讨论。使用SPSS 18.0软件进行数据分析。
实验组与对照组在用药认知、药物误用行为以及与医护人员的沟通方面存在统计学显著差异。然而，两组之间的血压没有显著差异。
结果表明，该教育项目在提高用药认知、改善与医护人员的沟通以及减少药物误用行为方面是有效的。因此，建议将该教育项目作为改善老年高血压患者药物自我管理的有效干预措施。
