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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages P102-P107Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.2.P102
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- NIA NIH HHS [1 R03 AG19930-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between cognitive processes and medication adherence among community-dwelling older adults. Ninety-five participants (M = 78 years) completed a battery of cognitive assessments including measures of executive function, working memory, cued recall, and recognition memory. Medication adherence was examined over 8 weeks for one prescribed medicine by use of an electronic medication monitoring cap. In a simultaneous regression, the composite of executive function and working memory tasks was the only, significant predictor (beta =.44, p < .01). Findings suggest that assessments of executive function and working memory can be used to identify community-dwelling older adults who may be at risk for failure to take medicines as prescribed.
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