Knowledge among geriatric patients towards side-effects of their prescribed medication
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Date
2006
Authors
Bakri, Fadhilah Mohd
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Geriatric patients or otherwise known as 'warga em as' in Malaysia are among the
population group who consume large quantity numbers of medication, due to their chronic
conditions in experiencing chronic diseases and illnesses, as the aging process is
undeniable to be the cause for existence of these conditions on them. Therefore certain
1nedications are prescribed for them in treating their diseases and also to reduce the signs
and sytnptotns of the disease. However, within longer period of time consuming these
medication, the side-effects of the medication are not possible to emerge and cause
difficulty to these geriatric patients. It will be hatmful later in their late life as the geriatric
patients should know well about their prescribed medication to forbid the side-effects of
the medication from happening to them.
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Geriatric patients