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A pilot study examining older adults' beliefs related to medication adherence
— the BERMA Survey | | Author(s) | Leslie McDonald-Miszczak, Paula Maris, Tracy Fitzgibbon |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 16, no 5, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 591-614 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Attitude ; Pilot ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 92 older Americans (mean age 71.42) were asked to provide medication and health-related information, memory strategies, and complete the Beliefs Related to Medications (BERMA) Survey. The final version of the BERMA Survey contains 53 questions with three scales. Correlations show that better rated memory for medications was associated with higher reported adherence and lower external memory strategies. Higher perceived ability to deal with health professionals was related to higher importance of medication adherence and greater perceived seriousness of one's medical condition. More positive attitudes about medications were associated with better self-rated health and fewer side-effects. The results indicate that the BERMA survey is a potentially useful research tool for understanding older people's medication adherence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050202208 A |
| Classmark | LLD: DB: DP: 4UC: 7T |
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