Associations between personality traits and adequate home storage of drugs in older patients.

Psychol Health Med

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Division Laboratory and Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht , The Netherlands.

Published: December 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate the association between personality traits of older patients and adequate home storage of drugs. Forty-four participating Dutch community pharmacists randomly selected each up to four community-dwelling elderly patients (≥65 years) who were using at least one prescription drug. The Big Five Inventory was used to assess the personality traits - 'openness', 'conscientiousness', 'extraversion', 'agreeableness' and 'neuroticism' - of patients. An assessment of adequate home storage of drugs was made using a summed composite score for each patient ranging from zero (adequate storage) to three (inadequate storage) was based on storage criteria representing quality, information and level of storage organization. A 51.2% of the patients stored drugs adequately in accordance with all quality ("Q") and information ("I") criteria. A high level of drug storage organization was found in 70.8% of patients. Forty-three patients (31.4%) stored their drugs adequately based on all storage criteria (composite storage score 0). No associations between personality dimensions and adequate drug storage were found. Having a lower number of drugs was associated with adequate drug home storage (OR 0.86; 95% CI: 0.77-0.96). In conclusion, this study suggests that personality is not associated with adequate home storage of drugs in older patients.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2019.1634822DOI Listing

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