Table 3.
The attitude of patients towards self-administration of medication in hospital.
| I think that… n = 118 |
Disagreea
(%) |
Agreea
(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patients should be able to continue their own home routines of medication preparation and administration when hospitalized. | 14.2 | 85.8 |
| 2. If I wish to self-administer and I am able to, I should be allowed to do so during a hospital stay. | 19.7 | 80.3 |
| 3. Patients should be stimulated to self-administer medication during hospitalization so they can learn how to take medication correctly. | 27.4 | 72.6 |
| 4. It is always the duty of nurses to prepare and administer medication, even for patients who would be able who do this themselves. | 59.8 | 40.2 |
| 5. I can only self-administer my medication during hospitalization if a healthcare professional monitors me. | 55.7 | 44.3 |
| Total opinion on self-administration of medicationb | ||
| Median [range] | 8 [0–12] | |
| Mean (SD) | 7.5 (2.7) | |
a
Disagree: sum of % patients who indicated strongly disagree and disagree; Agree: sum of % patients who indicated agree and strongly agree.
b
The total opinion was calculated by adding statement 1–4. Statement 4 was initially negative and therefore recoded into a positive statement. The internal consistency of this scale is α = 0.786.
SD, standard deviation.