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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| 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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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org: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 |
| spellingShingle | Mariani AN, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Adliah Mhd Ali, Mohd MB, Knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on medication management at residential aged care facilities in Malaysia |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16270/1/8_ms0410_pdf_76454.pdf |