Sammanfattning
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to reveal how dental care patients obtain
information about their own medication use. We also aimed to disclose whether or not this process
appeared demanding, and if they were familiar with available supportive methods, i.e. medication list
from their general practitioner, the website mineresepter.no, or support from the pharmacy.
Material and methods: An anonymous questionnaire containing
12 questions were used. Included in this study were 130 patients 60 years or older recruited from
five private dental clinics in different regions of Bergen. Results: The response rate was 75 percent.
On average the participants used 2.7drugs on a regular basis. It was revealed that increase in age
was associated with the numbers of medicines used. Eighty-one of the 119 recorded that they had
shared information regarding their medication when seen by a dentist, 34 of them by the use of a
health-form. Seventy-three of 105 indicated that they did not find it demanding to obtain correct
information about their own medication use.
Conclusion: Despite having knowledge of different supportive method that would relieve a person to
acquire more control over their medication, very few participants were using these when consulting a
dental clinic.