Addressing Medication Literacy in Diabetic Geriatrics

Addressing health literacy in patient decision aids

BACKGROUND Effective use of a patient decision aid (PtDA) can be affected by the user's health literacy and the PtDA's characteristics. Systematic reviews of the relevant literature can guide PtDA developers to attend to the health literacy needs of patients. The reviews reported here aimed to assess: METHODS We reviewed literature for evidence relevant to these two aims. When high-quality sy...

Medication Literacy: Why Pharmacists Should Pay Attention.

Geriatrics / Gériatrie Why Geriatrics ?

Why geriatric medicine ? Many have asked this question... residents considering specialization; specialists reluctant to acknowledge change in their aging patients; and anxious patients narrowly defining geriatric medicine as end-of-life care. All have wondered how caring for older patients differs from that of younger adults. The difference, in fact, is immense. The transition from a disease-f...

Health literacy and its influencing factors in Iranian diabetic

  Background: Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of various factors on health literacy in patients with diabetes.   Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study of 407 Iranian patients older than 15 years o...

Geriatrics

This overview covers several topics related to the management of frequent problems in elderly persons. Several studies have shown that treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia with psychotropic medication is modestly effective and could increase the risk of adverse events, including death. Influenza vaccination in long term care residents was shown to be effective in a systematic revi...