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| Knowledge, perceived risks, and self medication practices of the low income elderly | | Author(s) | Nawarut Charupatanapong |
| Journal title | Journal of Geriatric Drug Therapy, vol 11, no 1, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 17-36 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US study assessed older people's general knowledge of non-prescription drugs, measured their risk perceptions of self-medication practices, and evaluated the subjects' ability to practice self-medication safely. A face-to-face interview was conducted with 244 older people at 17 senior centres. Only one group of over-the-counter (OTC) medications (laxatives) was the focus of this study. Overall, low income older people's ability to practice self-medication was low. White older people or those who were highly educated or had previous self-treatment experience were found to practice self-medication more safely than Asian older people or those who were less educated or had no self-treating experience. Finally, knowledge of the drug expiry date was the best predictor of the low-income subjects' ability to practice self-medication safely. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980513202 A |
| Classmark | LLD: F:W: F:W6: 7T |
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