Aston, Jeff, Wilson, Keith A., Sinclair, Anthony and Terry, David (2017). A telephone survey to determine the experiences of children and their parents/carers, following the initiation of a new medicine. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 24 (5), pp. 266-271.
Abstract
Objective: To determine what issues are experienced during the first few weeks of therapy by patients, and their parents/carers, when a child/young person has been prescribed a new medicine. Method: One hundred patients aged ≤18 years of age prescribed a new medicine for ≥6 weeks were recruited from a single UK National Health Service specialist paediatric hospital outpatient pharmacy. Six weeks after the first dispensing of their new medicine the patient or their parent/carer received telephone follow-up by a researcher and verbally completed a questionnaire containing both open and closed questions. Patient or parent/carer experiences were identified and analysed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Eighty-six participants were available for telephone follow-up. Six (7%) had not started their medicine. Paediatric patients and their parents/carers experienced a range of issues during the first few weeks after starting a new medicine. These included additional concerns/questions (24/80, 30%), administration issues (21/80, 26.3%), adverse effects (29/80, 36.3%) and obtaining repeat supplies (12/80, 15%). The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale indicated that 34/78 (43.6%) participants had a high adherence rating, 35/78 (44.9%) medium and 9/78 (11.5%) a low rating. Conclusions: Paediatric patients and their parents/carers experience a range of issues during the first few weeks after starting a new medicine. Further research is required to determine the type of interventions that may further support medicines use in this group of patients.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000925 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Pharmacy School College of Health & Life Sciences |
Additional Information: | Copyright: Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | CLINICAL PHARMACY,medication adherence,medication therapy management,PAEDIATRICS,United Kingdom,Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all) |
Publication ISSN: | 2047-9964 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 10:58 |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2016 16:20 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2017-09-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2017-08-29 |
Accepted Date: | 2016-07-25 |
Submitted Date: | 2016-02-23 |
Authors: |
Aston, Jeff
Wilson, Keith A. Sinclair, Anthony Terry, David ( 0000-0001-7599-0916) |
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