Study on medication adherence of decoction preparation and usage of outpatients from public Chinese medicine clinics in Hong Kong special administrative region

38^th Asia-Pacific Nursing and Medicare Summit

OCTOBER 03-04, 2018 OSAKA, JAPAN

Yuen-Bik Cheng, Kin-Man Leung, Yee-Shan Yiu, Y L Chow, Y C Kam and M K Li

Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

Background: The clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is positively associated with the decoction preparation and usage, which must be achieved by patient�??s medication adherence. However, such a study of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) patients with decoction preparation and usage has not been thoroughly explored. Objectives: The study was to investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of the medication adherence of decoction preparation and usage in public Chinese medicine clinics in HKSAR. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 384 samples from 18 public Chinese medicine clinics in HKSAR. The medication adherence of decoction preparation and usage was measured by a validated, self-administered questionnaire developed by Cao, et al. (2016). Convenient sampling procedure was applied and chi-square test was used in data analysis. Results: The overall adherence rating as �??Good�?� was 25.0%; the adherence of decoction preparation and decoction usage rating as �??Good�?� were 54.4% and 40.9%, respectively; the social support and personal attitude rating as �??Good�?� was 75.3%. There is no statistically significant difference of overall medication adherence between demographic parameters of patients (p>0.05). However, patient�??s age, education level and the number of decoction prescriptions may be a factor in association with the level of adherence. Conclusion: The overall medication adherence of decoction preparation and usage of outpatients from public Chinese medicine clinics in HKSAR is not satisfactory in general. Efforts should be taken seriously.

Biography :

Yuen-Bik Cheng has completed Master of Nursing in Chinese Medicinal Nursing from The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) in 2018. She is a Registered Nurse (General) since 2000 and working in the blood collecting section, Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service.

E-mail: bikbik592001@yahoo.com.hk