Authors
Mohammed A Mohammed, Rebekah J Moles, Timothy F Chen
Publication date
2016/2/1
Source
BMJ open
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
e010035
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objective
To explore medication-related burden (MRB) and patients’ lived experience with medicines (PLEM) without regard to particular medication therapies or medical conditions.
Design
Systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies.
Data sources
MEDLINE, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, PsycINFO, Global health, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched from January 2000 to August 2014 using medication burden and patients’ lived experience terms.
Synthesis methods
Synthesis was undertaken following metaethnography methods and a comparative thematic analysis technique.
Results
34 articles from 12 countries with a total of 1144 participants were included. 3 major inter-related themes emerged central to PLEM: MRB, medication related beliefs and medication taking practice. The negative impact of MRB, due to its interference on patients’ daily lives and effects on well …
Scholar articles
MA Mohammed, RJ Moles, TF Chen - BMJ open, 2016