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  • Title: Older adult medication compliance: integrated review of randomized controlled trials.
    Author: Russell CL, Conn VS, Jantarakupt P.
    Journal: Am J Health Behav; 2006; 30(6):636-50. PubMed ID: 17096621.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To examine interventions and outcomes of medication compliance studies in older adults. METHODS: An integrated review of randomized controlled trials was completed. RESULTS: Thirty-one of 57 studies reported significantly greater medication compliance in treatment subjects versus control subjects. Interventions included counseling, education, self-medication programs, cues and organizers, and decreasing dosing frequency. Decreasing dosing frequency and self-medication programs were successful, although not frequently evaluated. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should address methodologic flaws (eg, small sample sizes, measurement validity issues), test theory-based interventions delivered by diverse providers, evaluate intervention dose, and examine persistence of compliance behavior changes.
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