Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2005

Mentor: Belinda Vicioso
Department: Department of Geriatrics
Room number: CS8-112
Mail Code: 8889
Phone number: 214-648-9012
E-mail: belinda.vicioso@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Variables Affecting Medication Non-Adherence in an Elderly Indigent Population

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): 0903-590

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) Patient-Based

Brief Description of Project:

Non-Adherence to prescribed drug regimens in the elderly is a common problem, which results in decreased efficacy and is associated with increased individual and societal medical expenditures. Reasons for non-adherence vary according to the population examined. The purpose of this study is to identify variables affecting risk for medication non-adherence in an indigent, largely minority elderly population.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:
Three posters accepted for the annual conference of the American Geriatrics Society

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