Medication Literacy Test for Older Adults: psychometric analysis and standardization of the new instrument.

Background: Low medication literacy is prevalent among older adults and is associated with adverse drug events. The Medication Literacy Test for Older Adults (TELUMI) was developed and content validated in a previously published study.

Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties and provide norms for TELUMI scores.

Development and content validation of the medication literacy test for older adults (TELUMI).

Objectives: Medication literacy comprises the skills needed to access, understand, and act on medication information. Low medication literacy is frequent among older adults, making them more susceptible to negative health outcomes. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the content validity of an instrument to measure medication literacy in this population.

Medication literacy: A conceptual model.

Background: Medication literacy reflects the specific literacy skills necessary to act on medication-related information. A comprehensive and clear conceptual model that reflects medication literacy is lacking. Conceptual models describe the components that represent a construct, allowing for its understanding and providing a rationale for its measurement.

Assessment of adherence to statin therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: comparison of three self-reporting measures.

Objectives: To investigate adherence to statin therapy using three self-reporting adherence measures in patients with coronary artery disease and to compare the three measures.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic of cardiology at a teaching hospital in south-eastern Brazil in patients with coronary artery disease who were using statins. The sample consisted of 148 patients who were selected from April 2018 to February 2019.

Medication regimen complexity of coronary artery disease patients.

Objective: To determine the factors associated with the high complexity of medication regimen in patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a multiprofessional cardiology outpatient clinic, in the Secondary Care of the Unified Health System, where sociodemographic (age, sex, and education), clinical (number of health conditions, cardiovascular diagnoses, and comorbidities) and pharmacotherapeutic (adherence, polypharmacy, and cardiovascular polypharmacy) characteristics were collected. These were related to complexity of medication regimen, measured through the medication regimen complexity index.

Profile of use and access to statins in patients with coronary arterial disease in an outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital.

Objective: The aim of the study is to describe statin use pattern and access among individuals with coronary artery disease of a secondary care service of the Brazilian Unified Health System.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a multi-professional outpatient cardiology clinic at a public, university, and general hospital in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The level of adherence to the recommendations of intensity of the statin therapy of Brazilian and American dyslipidemia guidelines was established.

Factors associated with drug interactions in elderly hospitalized in high complexity hospital.

This study aims to determine the frequency of potential drug-drug interactions (PDI) in hospitalized elderly and associated factors. This is a cross-sectional study in a teaching hospital. The dependent variable was the occurrence of potential drug interactions identified using DrugReax software.