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@ARTICLE{Luegering:1038674,
author = {Luegering, Anneke and Langner, Robert and Wilm, Stefan and
Doeppner, Thorsten R. and Hermann, Dirk M. and Frohnhofen,
Helmut and Gronewold, Janine},
title = {{A}ssessing self-administration of medication: video-based
evaluation of patient performance in the {ABLYMED} study},
journal = {Frontiers in medicine},
volume = {11},
issn = {2296-858X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-01639},
pages = {1444567},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Background: Older adults often face challenges in
medication management due to multimorbidity and complex
medication regimens, which frequently go unreported.
Unrecognized problems, however, may lead to a loss of drug
efficacy and harmful side effects. This study aimed to
quantify the prevalence of such problems by applying a novel
video-based assessment procedure in a sample of elderly
patients.Methods: In this study, 67 elderly in-patients
(≥70 years old and regularly taking ≥5 different drugs
autonomously) from the ABLYMED study participated in a
placebo-based assessment of medication management with five
different dosage forms in an instructed manner while being
filmed. Patient performance was quantified by the median
value of two raters who evaluated each step of medication
administration, which were summed to sum scores for each
dosage form and an overall impression for each dosage form
with a standardized and previously validated rating
scheme.Results: The median (Q1;Q3) sum score for tablets was
7.0 (5.0;8.0) with a theoretical range between 4.0 and 17.0,
for eye-drops 2.0 (1.0;2.0) with a theoretical range between
1.0 and 5.0, for oral drops 4.0 (3.0;6.0) with a theoretical
range between 3.0 and 12.0, for pens 7.0 (5.0;9.0) with a
theoretical range between 4.0 and 17.0 and for patches 5.0
(4.0;7.0) with a theoretical range between 3.0 and 15.0. The
most difficult step of medication administration was peeling
off the protective liner of a patch: $30\%$ had severe
difficulties or it was not possible, $21\%$ had moderate
difficulties and $49\%$ had mild or no
difficulties.Discussion: In a sample of patients with
autonomous medication management, our novel assessment
procedure identified a substantial fraction of patients with
handling problems for each dosage form. This suggests that
patients´ medication management problems should be assessed
regularly in clinical routine and tackled by
patient-individual training or modification of the
prescribed drug regimens to achieve effective drug therapy
in the elderly.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5252 - Brain Dysfunction and Plasticity (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5252},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {39629235},
UT = {WOS:001368486400001},
doi = {10.3389/fmed.2024.1444567},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1038674},
}