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Practice Editing Here (Nov 23rd in-class Wiki session work)

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Polypharmacy

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Assignment # 3

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Student Name: Mia Wu

Wikipedia Article Title: Polypharmacy

Proposed Changes (2 marks)


 * In the 2nd paragraph under the subheading of Pill Burden
 * Sentence to replace: “High pill burden decreases compliance with drug therapy, resulting from the need to take a large quantity of pills or other forms of medication on a regular basis.”
 * Proposed sentence: Poor medical adherence is a common challenge among individuals who have increased pill burden and are subject to polypharmacy.
 * In the 4th paragraph under the subheading of Pill Burden
 * Add the sentence: “The use of a polypill [wikilink] regimen as opposed to a multi-pill regiment also alleviates pill burden and increases adherence.”

Rationale for proposed change (3 marks)


 * The changes to the article will focus on enhancing the section entitled “Pill Burden” as it is lacking evidence-based information and clarity
 * The first change clarifies the connection between pill burden and medication adherence
 * Previous wording of this first sentence was unclear and not concise, which lead to confusion when reading the article
 * The second change focused on contributing other methods of reducing the pill burden associated with polypharmacy
 * There is an increase of polypill usage among patients with increased pill burden, and this has shown to be effective in increasing medical adherence
 * I thought this would be a good update to this section as it contributes more recent information that was previously lacking in this discussion

Area of controversy (if applicable) (1 mark)


 * Although there may be ambiguity in addressing the usage of polypill, I think it is beneficial to include this information. The use of polypill regimens to decrease pill burden has been increasing so I think it would help in updating the article and ensuring it’s recency

Critique of source (2 marks)


 * The chosen article does not seem to have any validity issues or potential biases. The article was recently published (2020) and is a review article, which has a relatively lower possibility for bias compared to other types of studies. Looking over the materials and methods, the authors did a good job in the search strategy, study selection and analysis of study quality. Furthermore, the authors reported their results in a transparent way. Furthermore, the authors state that there was no external funding for the research and there was no conflict of interest.

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page?

 * This will also be covered on Nov 23rd in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2020/Talk Page Template