ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2025
Medication Disposal Practices, Awareness, and Medication Adherence Among Patients with Chronic Conditions: Implications for Public Health.
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Purpose: Medication disposal knowledge is a key component of safe pharmaceutical management, while medication adherence remains essential for achieving optimal treatment outcomes among patients with chronic conditions. However, poor adherence may contribute to medication accumulation and waste, which, if not disposed of properly, can pose risks to environmental and public health. Therefore, this study aimed to assess medication disposal knowledge, policy awareness and satisfaction, as well as medication adherence among chronic disease patients, and to examine how these outcomes differed across demographic and clinical subgroups. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed, collecting data from 273 chronic disease patients with long term medication usages at a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. The questionnaire covered knowledge of medication disposal, medication adherence, clarity of the disposal policy and satisfaction with the disposal policy promotional strategies, and socio-demographics. Independent samples Results: Younger age and higher education were associated with better medication disposal knowledge. Medication adherence was significantly higher among patients over 65, lower education, who lived alone and those taking five or more medications. The medication disposal knowledge was not significantly different between good or poor adherence. Although most respondents were unaware of the recycling label on medication bags, those who knew the location of disposal stations scored higher knowledge of medication disposal, clarity in the disposal policy and satisfaction with the disposal policy promotional strategies. Conclusion: Medication disposal competency plays an important role in reducing environmental harm, especially in people with poor adherence. Improving knowledge of medication disposal and adherence remains a key objective for medication safety and health issues.
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