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The Gerontologist 1982 22(4):384-387; doi:10.1093/geront/22.4.384
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© 1982 The Gerontological Society of America

Aging and Its Relationship to Health Knowledge and Medication Compliance1

Lawrence E. Klein, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine2, Pearl S. German, ScD, Associate Professor3, Stephen J. McPhee, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine4, Craig R. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Division of Internal Medicine5 and David M. Levine, MD, Professor and Acting Chairman6

2 Harvey 502, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD 21205
3 School of Public Health and Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21205
4 Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94116
5 The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD 21205
6 Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21205


  Abstract

Health knowledge and medication compliance of patients discharged from a general medical unit were studied. Results demonstrated that knowledge of disease process and medication purpose were significantly lower for elderly patients than for younger ones, whereas compliance was similar. No significant relationship between health knowledge and medication compliance could be discovered. These results suggest that efforts to improve the elderly's medication compliance should be directed at means beyond traditional teaching activities.

1 Based on a paper presented at the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Toronto, Canada, November 9,1981.


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