Yaşlılarda İlaç Kullanım Hataları: Bir Sistematik Derleme
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: Seyfi DURMAZ, Safiye Övurmaz, Merve Kırşan, Ayla Aykaç
Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Etiği-Hukuku Tarihi Dergisi, Other Refereed National Journals, National, EBSCO, 2021, vol 29, pp 102-110
Summary
<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;">In this study, it is aimed to review the published studies on medication use errors in elderly and to systematically analyze the obtained data. This study was carried out by scanning national and international studies between January 2015 and January 2020, in databases of ''Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, ClinicalKey, Scopus, CINAHL/MEDLINE'' and with the keywords determined by the researchers. Articles containing data on medication use errors in elderly, published in Turkish and English, published in the last 5 years and whose full text can be accessed were selected. A total of 9 studies that met the research criteria from these articles constituted the sample of the systematic review. Of the 9 studies included in the study, 7 have descriptive design, 1 has descriptivecross-sectional design and 1 has qualitative research design. In the studies, was used the questionnaire forms developed by the researchers in line with the literature, ''The Questionnaire for Evaluating Information and Behaviors Regarding Rational Drug Use'' with in-depth semi-structured interview technique. According to the results of the studies, the most common medication use errors made by elderly are; not to use their medicines on time, to use over-the-counter medication/ to use medications on the advice of relatives and to stop using their medicines at their own decision. Other medication use errors are; taking the medication in wrong dose, forgetting to take medication, storing the medicines left over from the old prescription, mixing the medicines, not paying attention to the expiration date of the medicines, making changes to the medication dosage form and giving the medicines to friends or neighbors. As a result of this systematic review, most of the elderly individuals; It was concluded that he did not make use of his medicines on time, use medications without a prescription/ use medications with close advice and stop using his own medications at his own decision.</span><br></p>