Can a Mock Medication-taking Learning Activity Enable Pharmacy Students to Experience the Range of Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence? An Analysis Informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework and COM-B Model

Overview

Journal Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm

Date 2024 Jan 9

PMID 38192385

Authors

E Mantzourani

D H James

M A Akthar

S L Brown

R Yemm

E C Lehnbom

J R Hanrahan

C H Seage

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Abstract

Background: Pharmacy professionals are well-placed to provide medication adherence support to patients. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) are two complementary models previously applied to medication-taking behaviour. Understanding the patient-specific barriers and facilitators to adherence using psychological frameworks from the early stages of pharmacy education enables the design and delivery of effective interventions.

Objectives: To examine whether a novel 'mock medicine' learning activity enabled students to experience the range of barriers and facilitators to medication adherence using the COM-B and TDF.

Methods: A mock medicine activity was conducted with students at pharmacy schools in three universities in the UK, Norway, and Australia over one week. Percentage adherence was calculated for five dosing regimens; theoretical framework analysis was applied to map reflective statements from student logs to COM-B and TDF.

Results: A total of 349 students (52.6%) returned completed logs, with high overall mean adherence (83.5%, range 0-100%). Analysis of the 277 (79.4%) students who provided reflective statements included barriers and facilitators that mapped onto one (9%), two (29%) or all three (62%) of the COM-B components and all fourteen TDF domains (overall mean = 4.04; Uni 1 = 3.72; Uni 2 = 4.50; Uni 3 = 4.38; range 1-8). Most frequently mapped domains were '' ( = 199; 72%), '' ( = 186; 67%), '' (184; 66%) and '' ( = 175; 63%).

Conclusions: This is the first study to utilise both COM-B and TDF to analyse a proxy measure of medication adherence in pharmacy education. Data mapping demonstrated that students experienced similar issues to patients when prescribed a short course of medication. Importantly, all the factors influencing medication-taking reported by students were captured by these two psychological frameworks. Future educational strategies will involve students in the mapping exercise to gain hands-on experience of using these psychological constructs in practice.

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