Citation

Hauchard D, Costalat-Founeau AM, Picot MC. Psychol. Neuropsychiatr. Vieil. 2006; 4(3): 201-213.

Vernacular Title

Representation de la medication et determinants de la consommation medicamenteuse

Affiliation

IUT de le Universite du Havre.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, John Libbey Eurotext)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16945850

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a research on the relationship that an aging person establishes with medical drugs. From data on the social perception of elderly people about health and medication, we have constructed a questionnaire which has been submitted to a sample of 94 elderly persons aged from 64 to 89 years. The factorial analysis brought into perspective five dimensions related to medication: social, dependency, normative, coping, feelings of security. Crossing these dimensions with the socio-demographic and medical variables allowed to identify some decisive factors for medical drug consumption. The results of the research show the complexity of medical drug consumption which is influenced by multiple variables. Furthermore the perception of medical drugs remains somewhat ambiguous; it is sometimes perceived as remedy and sometimes as poison. It is no longer considered a decisive factor for good health while aging.

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