Processing of Medical information in Aging Patients: Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives

by Park; Denise C.

• ISBN13: 9780805828894
• ISBN10: 0805828893
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This volume focuses on understanding the impact of age-related decline in cognitive abilities on medical decisions and compliance with medical instructions. It examines how medical information and the medical environment can be restructured to accommodate the decreased cognitive function associated with aging. Although the issues discussed in this book are of critical importance in providing effective health care, they have been largely neglected in the national debate over provision of health care for the increasingly aging population. It is essential that we begin to understand how to present information so that informed choices are made and patients comprehend well enough that they can follow their treatment regimens and understand the importance of those regimens. Divided into four major sections, this volume addresses the following issues: * the implications of cognitive aging for medical information processing; * aging and medical decision making; * aging and medication adherence; and * human factors design for medical devices and instructions.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART I: INTRODUCTION	3	(28)
1 Aging and the Controlled and Automatic Processing of Medical Information and Medical Intentions	3	(20)
Denise C. Park
2 The Challenge of Communicating Health Information to Elderly Patients: A View From Geriatric Medicine	23	(8)
Jeffrey B. Halter
PART II: MEDICAL DECISION MAKING	31	(114)
3 Decision Making and Aging	31	(24)
J. Frank Yates
Andrea L. Patalano
4 Cognitive Processes and Medical Decisions	55	(14)
Melissa D. Zwahr
5 Medical and Psychosocial Predictors of Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions	69	(24)
Gail M. Williamson
Deborah J. Jones
Lori A. Ingram
6 Frequency Reports of Physical Symptoms and Health Behaviors: How the Questionnaire Determines the Results	93	(16)
Norbert Schwarz
7 Neurocognitive Changes Associated With Loss of Capacity to Consent to Medical Treatment in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease	109	(18)
Daniel Marson
Lindy Harrell
8 Medical Expertise and Cognitive Aging	127	(18)
Vimla L. Patel
Jose F. Arocha
PART III: MEDICATION ADHERENCE	145	(78)
9 Psychosocial Factors in Medication Adherence: A Model of the Modeler	145	(22)
Elaine A. Leventhal
Howard Leventhal
Chantal Robitaille
Susan Brownlee
10 Cognition and Affect in Medication Adherence	167	(18)
Odette N. Gould
11 Issues in the Measurement of Medication Adherence	185	(14)
Roger W. Morrell
Kim Shifren
12 Problem Solving on Health-Related Tasks of Daily Living	199	(24)
Sherry L. Willis
Melissa M. Dolan
Rosanna M. Bertrand
PART IV: HUMAN FACTORS	223	(88)
13 How Do I Work This Thing? Cognitive Issues in Home Medical Equipment Use and Maintenance	223	(10)
Marilyn Sue Bogner
14 What Does It Say? Text Design, Medical Information, and Older Readers	233	(16)
James Hartley
15 Designing Medication Instructions for Older Adults	249	(18)
Daniel Morrow
Von O. Leirer
16 Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Warning Process: Understanding the Variables That Interact With Age	267	(24)
Wendy A. Rogers
Gabriel K. Rousseau
Nina Lamson
17 Research on Pharmaceutical Labeling: An Information Processing Approach	291	(20)
Michael S. Wogalter
Russell J. Sojourner
Author Index	311	(14)
Subject Index	325