title: Assessing medication knowledge and practices of older adults.
abstract: An assessment instrument for home health nurses to use in assessing medication knowledge and practices of older adults was developed and tested on a convenience sample of 20 adults 65 and older admitted to a local home health agency. The tool was found usable by nurses, understood by patients, and had adequate test-retest reliability. The results emphasized the need for thorough medication assessments of all home health patients and provided a tool that home care nurses can use.
authors.affiliation: UMC-Greensboro School of Nursing, North Carolina 27402-6172, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: DeBrew
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Tesh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012646:Self Administration / Q000379:methods*; D012651:Self Medication / Q000379:methods*