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. 2017 Mar;47(3):328-332.
doi: 10.1111/imj.13365.

Medical student-led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1-month adherence rates

Chun H S Leung  1   2 , Carol Chong  3 , Wen K Lim  3   4
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Medical student-led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1-month adherence rates

Chun H S Leung et al. Intern Med J. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Approximately 40% of patients are non-adherent to their medications. A prospective study of 80 patients evaluated the effectiveness of medical student-led pre-discharge medication education sessions. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group were adherent to their regular medications at 1 month compared with the control group (76.3% compared to 60.3%, P = 0.037). Medical student-led patient education significantly improved medication adherence rates.

Keywords: adherence; discharge; education; medical student; medication.

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