title: Community-dwelling elders' knowledge of drug-to-drug interactions.
abstract: The purpose of this quasi-experimental research study was to determine the effectiveness of an education session on community-dwelling elders' knowledge of drug-to-drug interactions. A total of 82 subjects were divided into experimental and control groups. The pretest/posttest questionnaire was used to measure the difference in their knowledge. Descriptive statistics were used to organize and summarize the data collected, and independent t- test was utilized in the data analysis. The results indicated a significant difference (p = .001) between the mean posttest of both groups. The education session provided to the experimental group was effective in increasing their knowledge level.
authors.affiliation: Ted_viv@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vivian C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Whitehead
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D009511:New England; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019338:Polypharmacy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012646:Self Administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires