Whyte L A
Nurs Stand. 1994;8(48):25-8. doi: 10.7748/ns.8.48.25.s42.
This study describes the benefits of providing patients aged 60 years and over with supplementary written information about their medication regimes. The aim of the study was to measure the effect of a personal medication record card on the information patients could recall about their medication following discharge from hospital. The results demonstrated that the card was favoured by patients and proved effective in assisting them to recall correctly information relating to the name, purpose and special instructions attached to their medicines, as well as helping to reduce errors in administration. The study also found that a significant number of patients from the control group reported difficulties in opening child-resistant medicine containers and to a lesser extent foil and blister packaging.
本研究描述了为60岁及以上患者提供有关其用药方案的补充书面信息的益处。该研究的目的是衡量个人用药记录卡对患者出院后能够回忆起的用药信息的影响。结果表明，该卡片受到患者青睐，并被证明能有效帮助他们正确回忆与药物名称、用途及特殊说明相关的信息，同时有助于减少用药错误。研究还发现，对照组中有相当数量的患者表示难以打开儿童安全型药瓶，对于铝箔包装和泡罩包装的药瓶，遇到困难的程度相对较小。
