Jennifer L. Lenahan|Danielle M. McCarthy|Terry C. Davis|Laura M. Curtis|Marina Serper|Michael S. Wolf
A Drug by Any Other Name: Patients' Ability to Identify Medication Regimens and Its Association with Adherence and Health Outcomes
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
understanding organizing medication regimens challenging many patients struggle properly dose prescribed medicine potentially leading less effective treatment even harm generic prescriptions increasingly common may change appearance adding complexity authors aimed investigate familiarity drug regimen among cohort patients diagnosed hypertension specifically determined prevalence patients knowledge prescribed drug names dosages compared relied physical characteristics size shape color medications relationship patients identification strategies selfreported adherence health outcomes blood pressure control hospitalization investigated patients dependent visual identification prescription medicine reported worse adherence addition significantly lower rates blood pressure control greater risk hospitalization ability identify prescribed medicines name may helpful screening responding patients greater risk making medication errors less engaged regimen adherence purposes