Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 59-82 , March 2006

Task analysis of patients' medication-taking practice and the role of making sense: A grounded theory study

  • Jana Bajcar, B.Sc.Ph.m., M.Sc.Ph.m., Ed.D., F.C.S.H.P.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +1 416 978 4241; fax: +1 416 978 8511.

References 

  1. Bajcar J, Kennie N, Einarson T. Collaborative medication management in a team-based practice primary care practice: an explanatory conceptual framework. Res Soc Adm Pharm. 2005;1:408–429
  2. Vermeire E, Hearnshaw H, Van Royen P, Denekens J. Patient adherence to treatment: three decades of research: a comprehensive review. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2001;26:331–342
  3. Sullivan DD, Kreling DH, Hazlet TK. Noncompliance with medication regimens and subsequent hospitalization: a literature analysis and cost of hospitalization estimate. J Res Pharm Econ. 1990;2:19–33
  4. Viswanathan H, Lambert BL. An inquiry into medication meanings, illness, medication use, and the transformative potential of chronic illness among African Americans with hypertension. Res Soc Adm Pharm. 2005;1:21–39
  5. Donovan JL. Patient decision making: the missing ingredient in compliance research. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1995;11:443–455
  6. Campbell R, Pound P, Pope C, et al. Evaluating meta-ethnography: a synthesis of qualitative research on lay experiences of diabetes and diabetic care. Soc Sci Med. 2003;56:671–684
  7. Conrad P. The meaning of medications: another look at compliance. Soc Sci Med. 1985;20:29–37
  8. Conrad P. The noncompliance patient in search of autonomy. Hastings Cent Rep. 1987;17:15–17
  9. Lumme-Sandt K, Hervonen A, Jylhä M. Interpretive repertoires of medication among the oldest-old. Soc Sci Med. 2000;50:1843–1850
  10. Chewing B, Boh L, Wiederholt J, et al. Does the concordance concept serve patient medication management?. Int J Pharm Pract. 2001;9:71–79
  11. Arora NJ, McHorney CA. Patient preferences for medication decision making: who really wants to participate?. Med Care. 2000;38:335–341
  12. Dowell J, Hudson H. A qualitative study of medication-taking behavior in primary care. Fam Pract. 1997;14:369–375
  13. Donovan JL, Blake DR. Patient non-compliance: deviance or reasoned decision-making?. Soc Sci Med. 1992;34:507–513
  14. Johnson MJ. Adherent and non-adherent medication-taking in elderly hypertensive patients. Clin Nurs Res. 1999;8:318–335
  15. Adams S, Pill R, Jones A. Medication, chronic illness and identity: the perspective of people with asthma. Soc Sci Med. 1997;45:189–201
  16. Haynes RB, Yao X, Degani A, Kripalani S, Garg A, McDonald HP. Interventions to enhance medication adherence. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No. LCD000011. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD000012.pub2.
  17. Nair K, Dolovich L, Cassels A, et al. What patients want to know about their medications. Can Fam Physician. 2002;48:104–110
  18. Smith F, Francis S, Rowley E. Group interviews with people taking long-term medication: comparing the perspectives of people with arthritis, respiratory disease and mental health problems. Int J Pharm Pract. 2000;8:88–96
  19. Ziegler DK, Mosier MC, Beuenaver M, Okuyemi K. How much information about adverse effects of medications do patients want from physicians?. Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:706–713
  20. Kemp JE, Morrison GR, Ross SM. Designing Effective Instruction. 2nd ed.. Columbus, Ohio: Prentice Hall; 1998;19–67
  21. Leventhal H, Diefenback M, Leventhal EA. Illness cognition: using common sense to understand treatment adherence and affect cognition interactions. Cognit Ther Res. 1992;16:143–163
  22. Strauss A, Corbin J. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques for Developing Grounded Theory. 2nd ed.. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, Inc; 1998;
  23. Miles MB, Huberman AM. An Expanded Sourcebook: Qualitative Data Analysis. 2nd ed.. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, Inc; 1994;
  24. Schwandt TA. Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry. 2nd ed.. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, Inc; 2001;30
  25. Festinger L. A theory of cognitive dissonance. [chapter 9] In:  Schachter S,  Gazzaniga M editor. Extending Psychological Frontiers. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation; 1989;p. 201–237

PII: S1551-7411(05)00133-6

doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2005.12.005

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 59-82 , March 2006