title: [Attitude and perceived control of the elderly towards the consumption of anxiolytic, sedative and hypnotic medications].
abstract: This study examines the importance of variables from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (i.e., attitudes toward behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived control) for the prediction of consumption of anxiolytic and sedative-hypnotic (ASH) medications in a sample of older persons, aged 69 years on average, 62 consumers and 92 non-consumers. A favourable attitude toward ASH and a sense of having less control regarding these drugs predict both current usage and intention to continue. Perceived control predicts intention to start consumption of ASH in current non-consumers. This study underlines the importance of considering the role of the older person's decisional power in the consumption of these medications.
authors.affiliation: Université d'Ottawa.
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guindon
authors.affiliation: Université d'Ottawa.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cappeliez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009864:Ontario; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives