20.500.12556/DKUM-95505 Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence among the Vulnerable Elderly: A Focus Group Study Poor medication adherence is a significant public health issue, especially among the vulnerable elderly, leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. This study aimed to explore, identify, and understand the barriers and facilitators to medication adherence among vulnerable elderly individuals. We conducted a qualitative study using focus group interviews with 31 participants, including community nurses, social care services, volunteers from non-governmental organizations, patient association members, and informal caregivers, using semi-structured questions and inductive content analysis to gather and analyze qualitative data. Two main categories, “Perceived barriers” and “Facilitative interventions” were developed. The findings revealed multiple barriers, including medication-related barriers, patient-related barriers and barriers related to the healthcare system and healthcare personnel. Participants also highlighted the importance of facilitating interventions like medication management, health education, supportive social networks, and ensuring continuity of care. The study underscores the need for targeted strategies to improve medication adherence among the vulnerable elderly. medication adherence elderly vulnerability barriers facilitators true true true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-09-23 08:59:35 2025-09-23 14:48:22 2025-09-24 03:21:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 14 št. 17 Letn. 12 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2025-08-21 2025-08-28 2024-08-29 616-085-053.9 2227-9032 206039043 10.3390/healthcare12171723 2227-9032 healthcare-12-01723.pdf healthcare-12-01723.pdf 1 457C43F9326B3E0A25F8973FD654131A c22254d258b1d473c25d930ddb0bf16f6fc13afdf423520577a4d5e77aabcd02 e5dd9066-984a-11f0-8a3e-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199015 healthcare-12-01723-s001.zip healthcare-12-01723-s001.zip 1 FCF59B6CF1250479FD4ED20725CE3C27 4d84c8ad57ff286dae182c503ecf61227dd72dd7720ff097201175b23de3db2e fc4b2837-984a-11f0-8a3e-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199016 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/17/1723/pdf 1 dd5f6be0-984a-11f0-8a3e-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199014 Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede 0 0 0