This document discusses the importance of patient-centered care and informed decision making when taking prescription drugs. It notes that adverse drug reactions are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. It emphasizes that patients should question their doctors about prescribed drugs, including potential side effects, interactions, and non-drug treatment alternatives. The document encourages patients to research their medications and report any adverse reactions to help improve pharmacare outcomes and ensure treatments are safe and effective. Overall, it promotes empowering patients to make informed choices about prescription drug use through questioning, researching, sharing knowledge with others, and reporting reactions.
Medication non-adherence is a growing concern, as it is increasingly associated with negative health outcomes and higher cost of care. Tackling the burden of non-adherence requires a collaborative, patient-centric approach that considers individual patient needs and results in intelligent interventions that combine high-tech with high-touch.
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Medication non-adherence is a growing concern, as it is increasingly associated with negative health outcomes and higher cost of care. Tackling the burden of non-adherence requires a collaborative, patient-centric approach that considers individual patient needs and results in intelligent interventions that combine high-tech with high-touch.
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Self advocacy is about taking a proactive approach to all stages of health and illness: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. When people take an active role in their care, research shows they fare better both in satisfaction and in how well treatments work. In this talk you will learn how to develop the skills to be a good self-advocate, communicate effectively with your doctors, evaluate the latest health news headlines and find the best health information online.
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Introduction: Medication adherence is defined by the World Health Organisation as “The degree to which the person's behaviour corresponds with the agreed recommendations from a health care provider
Factor Affecting Non-Adherance:Poor adherence or non-adherence to medical treatment severely compromises patient outcomes and increases patient mortality.
Non-adherence is a very common phenomenon in all patients with drug-taking behaviour.
The complexity of adherence is the result of an interplay of a range of factors, including patient views and attributes, illness characteristics, social contexts, access, and service issues.
Non-adherence: Non-adherence is the failure or refusal to comply with advice and can imply disobedience on the part of patient
5 step Factors: Social/economic and Economic Factors
Provider-patient/health care system factors
Condition-related factors
Therapy-related factors
Patient-related factors
Behavioural Factors:
Life style (smoking, alcohol, coffee use) Psychological and personality factors: anxiety, depression, coping style
Biological factors:
Gender, age, and genetic predisposition
Social and cultural factors:
Educational level, living situation, price of medication, policies.
Information Factors:
Have you received enough information? Satisfaction with the last visit?
Awareness factors:
Severity of the complaints (Baseline) quality of life,
Locus of control about patient adherence:
internal and external, stability and control about the cause of the complaints: internal and external, stability and controllability.
Stages to Overcome This Barrier
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medication Adherence defined as the act of filling a new prescription for the first time.
The extent to which the patients take medications as prescribed by the prescriber.
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Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
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4. DOCTORS AND PATIENT DESIGNATED
CAREGIVERS NEED TO COLLABORATE
Caregivers must be informed so they can watch
for and report any unusual changes in behaviour
when a drug is started, changed in dosage or stopped
IT COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
Doctor Caregiver
5. • Adverse drug reactions are the 4th leading
cause of death after heart disease, cancer
and stroke.
• Each year adverse drug reactions kill:
– 100,000 in United States
– 197,000 in Europe
– Millions worldwide
• Adverse drug reactions could be the
leading cause of death and disability in
mental health.
6. DEPRESSION
• World Health Organization considers depression to
be the leading cause of disability worldwide.
• On World Health Day 2017, a Special Rapporteur to
the United Nations stated that "the use of
psychotropic medications as the first line of
treatment, especially for mild and moderate cases of
depression, is quite simply unsupported by evidence.
The overreliance on biomedical interventions causes
more harm than good, undermines the right to
health, and must be abandoned."
7. PATIENT-CENTRED CARE AND INFORMED DECISION-MAKING
ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PHARMACARE
HEALTH CANADA
PHARMACISTSDOCTORS
10. • All health care must be patient-centred.
Patients may consent to or refuse any
examination, intervention or treatment, and
may change or vary their decisions without
prejudice.
• Provide your patients with the information
they need to make informed decisions about
their medical care, and answer their questions
to the best of your ability.
11. • All communication with patients should
recognize an individual patient’s
autonomy and demonstrate a
collaborative approach to patient
decision-making.
• It is recommended that physicians
encourage their patients to: question why
they are receiving a drug; verify that it is
the appropriate drug, dose and route.
12. • Optimizing drug therapy outcomes for
Canadians through patient-centred care.
• Empower patients in decision-making
about their health, and play a prominent
role in health promotion, disease
prevention and chronic disease
management.
13. • Support patients in learning about their
health conditions, the treatments they
receive, and the results they should
expect.
• Individuals will be enabled to make
informed decisions about accessing the
level of care that they need and when
they need it.
16. Answers to these 12 questions could save your life
1. How does this drug work, how much improvement can I
expect, and how soon?
2. If I don’t take this drug now, and instead wait for a
while, what will happen?
3. Are there any lifestyle changes (e.g., diet) or non drug
treatments that will help?
4. What are the most likely side effects?
5. Are there any rare serious side effects or any permanent
problems this drug can cause?
17. 6. If this is a new drug, why can’t I take an older drug?
7. Why are you recommending this particular dose?
8. What date will we review my use/dose of this drug?
9. Are there problems stopping the drug or any special
considerations on stopping or changing dose that I
should watch for?
10. Are there any potential interactions with food, my other
medical conditions, or my current medications?
11. Might this drug affect my weight/sleep/hair/skin/
nails/mood/sex life and/or relationships, and if so, how?
12. Do I need to stop this drug before I get pregnant?
RxISK.org
19. RxISK.org
FDA
Health
Canada
• Side Effects – FDA and
Health Canada
• Interaction Checker
• Polypharmacy Index
• Professional Product
Label
• Medication Guide
• Product Monograph
