Development of a program to improve medication adherence among young patients with ulcerative colitis: a preliminary study

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26893293
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University (2015); Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing (2014)
• Principal Investigator: KAWAKAMI Aki 横浜市立大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 客員研究員 (00734021)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 看護学 / 服薬アドヒアランス / 患者教育 / 炎症性腸疾患 / 潰瘍性大腸炎

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To develop the program for improving medication adherence among youth patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), I conducted two surveys and visited hospitals in the UK. First, I interviewed health care providers who specialize in UC regarding the program. As a results, I decided that I added the telephone advice services in the program. Second, I visited two hospitals which is specialized in treatment of UC and acquired skills of the telephone advice services. Finally, I conducted a cross sectional survey to describe patient satisfaction of the services among inflammatory bowel disease patients. Eighty six percent were satisfied with the service totally. Thirty percent were unsatisfied that they could not talk to the same nurse so they did on a patients previous call, and a further 45 % were unsatisfied that there was not a direct line.

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