Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – The Tromsø Study. Methods: Cross-sectional study of medication users (n=10,231) among participants in the Tromsø Study, a...

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Main Authors: Walquist, Mari Johannessen, Svendsen, Kristian, Garcia, Beate Hennie, Bergmo, Trine Strand, Eggen, Anne Elise, Halvorsen, Kjell H., Småbrekke, Lars, Ringberg, Unni, Lehnbom, Elin, Waaseth, Marit
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27730
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14573-z
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Svendsen, Kristian
Garcia, Beate Hennie
Bergmo, Trine Strand
Eggen, Anne Elise
Halvorsen, Kjell H.
Småbrekke, Lars
Ringberg, Unni
Lehnbom, Elin
Waaseth, Marit
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Svendsen, Kristian
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Bergmo, Trine Strand
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Halvorsen, Kjell H.
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Ringberg, Unni
Lehnbom, Elin
Waaseth, Marit
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description Purpose: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – The Tromsø Study. Methods: Cross-sectional study of medication users (n=10,231) among participants in the Tromsø Study, a descriptive analysis of questionnaire data and multivariable logistic regression (n=9,194). Results: Sixteen percent of medication users expressed a need for more information about own medications. Overall, medication users agreed to a higher degree to have received information from the GP compared to the pharmacy. Concerned medication users and those disagreeing to have received information about side effects had the highest odds for needing more information (OR 5.07, 95% CI 4.43–5.81) and (OR 2.21, 95% CI 1.83–2.68), respectively. Medication users who used heart medications (e.g., nitroglycerin, antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants) (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.46–2.01), medication for hypothyroidism (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.13–1.64) or had moderately health anxiety had expressed need for medication information. Whereas medication users with lower education, those that never used internet to search for health advice, and medication users who disagreed to have received information about reason for-use were associated with lower odds (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62–0.91), (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.74–0.98) and (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.53–0.88), respectively. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that there is need for more information about own medications in a general population aged 40 years and above and shed light on several characteristics of medication users with expressed information need which is important when tailoring the right information to the right person.
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spelling ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/27730 2025-04-13T14:27:33+00:00 Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study Walquist, Mari Johannessen Svendsen, Kristian Garcia, Beate Hennie Bergmo, Trine Strand Eggen, Anne Elise Halvorsen, Kjell H. Småbrekke, Lars Ringberg, Unni Lehnbom, Elin Waaseth, Marit 2022-11-25 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27730 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14573-z eng eng BMC BMC Public Health FRIDAID 2085234 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27730 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14573-z 2025-03-14T05:17:55Z Purpose: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – The Tromsø Study. Methods: Cross-sectional study of medication users (n=10,231) among participants in the Tromsø Study, a descriptive analysis of questionnaire data and multivariable logistic regression (n=9,194). Results: Sixteen percent of medication users expressed a need for more information about own medications. Overall, medication users agreed to a higher degree to have received information from the GP compared to the pharmacy. Concerned medication users and those disagreeing to have received information about side effects had the highest odds for needing more information (OR 5.07, 95% CI 4.43–5.81) and (OR 2.21, 95% CI 1.83–2.68), respectively. Medication users who used heart medications (e.g., nitroglycerin, antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants) (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.46–2.01), medication for hypothyroidism (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.13–1.64) or had moderately health anxiety had expressed need for medication information. Whereas medication users with lower education, those that never used internet to search for health advice, and medication users who disagreed to have received information about reason for-use were associated with lower odds (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62–0.91), (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.74–0.98) and (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.53–0.88), respectively. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that there is need for more information about own medications in a general population aged 40 years and above and shed light on several characteristics of medication users with expressed information need which is important when tailoring the right information to the right person. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø BMC Public Health 22 1
spellingShingle Walquist, Mari Johannessen
Svendsen, Kristian
Garcia, Beate Hennie
Bergmo, Trine Strand
Eggen, Anne Elise
Halvorsen, Kjell H.
Småbrekke, Lars
Ringberg, Unni
Lehnbom, Elin
Waaseth, Marit
Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title_full Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title_fullStr Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title_full_unstemmed Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title_short Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
title_sort self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the tromsø study
url https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27730
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14573-z