Paper Info
Title
Why Taking Medicine Is a Chore --- An Analysis of Routine and Contextual Factors in the Home
Abstract
Medication adherence is an important concern for many people. This is especially so in the older adults population where non-adherence can have serious consequences and may lead to higher healthcare cost. Non-adherence is a problem that afflicts the younger and older adults and there are many factors affecting one's medication adherence (Social/economic factors, provider-patient/health care system factors, condition-related factors, therapy-related factors, patient-related factors [1]). In this paper, we focus on patient-related factors and investigate how these factors (mainly routines in patients' daily life, their surrounding environment and their self-made systems) affect their medicine taking behaviour and their abilities to adhere to their treatment regimens. Results presented in this paper are gathered from in-depth interviews with patients during house visits and from observing how they go about handling their medication in their living space. This knowledge of how patients are currently coping with their medication will be useful for the design of an effective medication support system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-02806-9_52
HCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
effective medication support system,economic factor,self-made system,contextual factors,medication adherence,older adults population,health care system factor,patient-related factor,condition-related factor,older adult,daily life
Health care,Population,Gerontology,Support system,Coping (psychology),Medicine
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5619
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Kiat Koh141.22
Jamie Ng27910.46
Odelia Tan371.21
Zelia Tay400.34
Alvin Wong551.20
Martin G. Helander610011.97