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Background- Poor adherence is one of the major factors which alters therapeutic outcome of medication in geriatric patients with chronological diseases.  Medication non-adherence is one of the drug related barrier for hospitalization of elderly patients. So, there is a need to assess the factors responsible for hospitalization of elderly patients due to medication non-adherence.


Aim- To identify the factors responsible for hospitalization of elderly patients due to medication non-adherence and importance of clinical pharmacist role in the improvement of medication adherence


Materials & Methods- Morisky 8-item Medication Adherence Questionnaire- to identify medication non adherence, patient information leaf lets. A prospective interventional study was conducted in tertiary care teaching hospital,


Results- A total of 423 patients were interviewed. Out of these 182 patients were included in the study. Among these 42 patients were affected by polypharmacy, 38 patients were affected by lack of knowledge, 34 patients were affected for being asymptomatic, 30 patients were affected by cost of medication. After patient counseling, 18 patients had overcome from non-adherence due to polypharmacy, 33 patients had overcome non-adherence due to lack of knowledge, 28 patients had overcome non-adherence by being asymptomatic.


Conclusion- The present study showed that the clinical pharmacist involvement in disease management has positive impact in creating awareness about the disease, which improves medication adherence along with quality of life.

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Geriatrics Adherence Chronic Diseases Factors Influencing Adherence Patient Counseling

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B. Sarada, N. Krupa Sagar, V.Gowthami3, E. Kiran Kumar Reddy, E. Sam Jeeva Kumar, & Dr. M. Sureshwar Reddy. (2021). Role Of Clinical Pharmacist In Identifying The Factors That Influence Medication Non- Adherence And Improvement On Hospitalised Geriatric Non-Adherent Patients. International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics, 4(2), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijrpp.v4.iss2.2015.259-268
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