Stacy Cooper Bailey|Izabela E. Annis|Daniel Reuland|Autumn Locklear|Betsy Sleath|Michael S. Wolf
Development and evaluation of the Measure of Drug Self-Management
Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)|Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)|Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)|Northwestern University
current adherence scales often fail assess full spectrum behaviors associated safe appropriate drug use may unsuitable patients limited health literacy sought develop evaluate comprehensive yet brief measure drug selfmanagement meds use research clinical settings among diverse patient groupsexpert opinion literature reviews interviews patients providers utilized create revise potential items item performance testing conducted among 193 adult englishspeaking patients hypertension diabetes factor analysis used inform item selection reliability assessed via calculations internal consistency assess construct predictive validity meds scores compared scores 8item morisky medication adherence scale relevant clinical measures hba1c blood pressure lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterolthe meds demonstrated adequate internal consistency cronbachs 072 meds significantly correlated morisky medication adherence scale r 062 p0001 meds also associated clinical measures statistically significant correlations found meds scores lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol r 027 p0001 diastolic blood pressure r 018 p001the meds seems valid reliable tool used assess medication selfmanagement skills among diverse patients including limited literacy skills future studies needed test tool actual use explore clinical applications