The current status and influencing factors of perceived medication-related burden in hemodialysis patients with multimorbidi-ty and polypharmacy
WU Yiping
HUANG Yanlin
YANG Jie
WU Zhuomei
CHEN Fengdan
CHEN Guowei
Abstract：Objective To understand the current status of perceived medication-related burden in hemodialysis(HD)patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy,and to analyze the influencing factors.Methods Using a convenience sampling method,283 HD patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy from the outpatient department of 3 tertiary hospitals in Nanning city from July 2021 to February 2022 were selected as participants.The general information questionnaire,Living with Medicines Questionnaire(LMQ),Health Literacy Man-agement Scale,Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey were used for investigation.Results The total score of LMQ in patients with mul-timorbidity and polypharmacy was(106.30±14.99).Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that age,grade of edema and social support were the influencing factors of medication-related burden.Conclusion The medication-related burden in hemodialysis patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy is at a moderately low level,and was affected by age,edema degree and social support.It is suggested that nurses should target interventions to patients according to their age,degree of edema,and social support with the aim of reducing their medication burden.
Keywords：hemodialysismultimorbiditypolypharmacymedication-related burden
Publication Date：2023-08-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 649-653,663 )