Assessment of a new calendar pack--the 'C-Pak'.
Seventy-eight elderly patients in hospital were studied for up to four weeks to assess drug compliance. Forty patients received medication from individualized calendar packs ('C-Pak') and 38 received medication from standard bottles. There was no difference in compliance between the two groups, the percentage error for each group being 26%. This result suggests that C-Pak is unlikely to improve drug compliance in unselected elderly patients.
D000368:Aged; D004348:Drug Labeling / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D010349:Patient Compliance