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Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia

An escalating proportion of the aged group is associated with a growth in the prevalence of ill health. With the complexity of age-related diseases, a good medication management system is important to prevent medication errors. This study was aimed to develop a questionnaire to assess the knowle...

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Main Authors: Mariani AN,, Marhanis Salihah Omar,, Adliah Mhd Ali,, Mohd MB,
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Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
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spelling my-ukm.journal.162702021-03-16T02:24:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/ Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia Mariani AN, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Adliah Mhd Ali, Mohd MB, An escalating proportion of the aged group is associated with a growth in the prevalence of ill health. With the complexity of age-related diseases, a good medication management system is important to prevent medication errors. This study was aimed to develop a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities (RACFs). A cross-sectional study was performed involving caregivers from 90 RACFs throughout Malaysia. The validated self-administered questionnaire was developed based on the extensive literature review and expert`s opinions containing 41-items divided into three domains. In this study, the response rate was 71% with 128 questionnaires returned. Median scores obtained for knowledge, attitude and practice were 77.27, 70.83 and 68.66, respectively. Majority of the caregivers (71.9%) deemed to know what medication management was. However, nearly half of them (48.4%) did not experience any training. More than half of the caregivers possessed good level of knowledge (69.5%, n = 89), around half (57.8%, n= 74) had a good attitude and less than half had a good practice (46.9%, n= 60) of medication management. Level of education, special qualification and experience of medication management training were the factors that correlated with good score outcome (p<0.05). Therefore, it is assumed that more support and training can be provided to the caregivers in RACF on medication management. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/1/8_ms0410_pdf_76454.pdf Mariani AN, and Marhanis Salihah Omar, and Adliah Mhd Ali, and Mohd MB, (2020) Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia. Medicine & Health, 15 (2). pp. 56-65. ISSN 2289-5728 https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/15/2
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description An escalating proportion of the aged group is associated with a growth in the prevalence of ill health. With the complexity of age-related diseases, a good medication management system is important to prevent medication errors. This study was aimed to develop a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities (RACFs). A cross-sectional study was performed involving caregivers from 90 RACFs throughout Malaysia. The validated self-administered questionnaire was developed based on the extensive literature review and expert`s opinions containing 41-items divided into three domains. In this study, the response rate was 71% with 128 questionnaires returned. Median scores obtained for knowledge, attitude and practice were 77.27, 70.83 and 68.66, respectively. Majority of the caregivers (71.9%) deemed to know what medication management was. However, nearly half of them (48.4%) did not experience any training. More than half of the caregivers possessed good level of knowledge (69.5%, n = 89), around half (57.8%, n= 74) had a good attitude and less than half had a good practice (46.9%, n= 60) of medication management. Level of education, special qualification and experience of medication management training were the factors that correlated with good score outcome (p<0.05). Therefore, it is assumed that more support and training can be provided to the caregivers in RACF on medication management.
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author Mariani AN,
Marhanis Salihah Omar,
Adliah Mhd Ali,
Mohd MB,
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Marhanis Salihah Omar,
Adliah Mhd Ali,
Mohd MB,
Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
author_facet Mariani AN,
Marhanis Salihah Omar,
Adliah Mhd Ali,
Mohd MB,
author_sort Mariani AN,
title Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
title_short Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
title_full Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia
title_sort knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in malaysia
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/1/8_ms0410_pdf_76454.pdf
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