Medical student-led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1-month adherence rates.

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Title:	Medical student-led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1-month adherence rates.
Author:	Leung, Chun H.S. Chong, Carol Lim, Wen K.
Issue Date:	2017
Publication Title:	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume:	47
Issue:	3
Start Page:	328
End Page:	332
Abstract:	Approximately 40% of patients are non-adherent to their medications. A prospective study of 80 patients evaluated the effectiveness of medical student-led pre-discharge medication education sessions. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group were adherent to their regular medications at 1 month compared with the control group (76.3% compared to 60.3%, P = 0.037). Medical student-led patient education significantly improved medication adherence rates.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1103
Resource Link:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.13365/full
ISSN:	1445-5994
DOI:	10.1111/imj.13365
Internal ID Number:	01100
Health Subject:	MEDICATION ADHERENCE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PATIENT DISCHARGE PROSPECTIVE STUDIES STUDENTS, MEDICAL
Type:	Journal Article Article
Appears in Collections:	Research Output

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