Association between non-adherence behaviors, patients’ experience with healthcare and beliefs in medications: a survey of patients with different chronic conditions

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Association between non-adherence behaviors, patients’ experience with healthcare and beliefs in medications: a survey of patients with different chronic conditionsAuthor(s)
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2019-10-15Citation
Cea-Calvo L, Marín-Jiménez I, de Toro J, Fuster-RuizdeApodaca MJ, Fernández G, Sánchez-Vega N, et al. Association between non-adherence behaviors, patients’ experience with healthcare and beliefs in medications: a survey of patients with different chronic conditions. Curr Med Res Opin. 2019;36(2):293-300
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[Abstract] Objective: The objective of the current work was to assess the frequency of non-adherence behaviors and potential association with patients' experience with healthcare and beliefs in medicines self-reported by patients with four different chronic conditions.Methods: Patients responded anonymously to a survey comprising five non-adherence behaviors (based on physician and patient input), an assessment of patients' experience with healthcare using the validated Instrument to Evaluate the EXperience of PAtients with Chronic diseases (IEXPAC), and a validated Spanish version of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ). Associations of non-adherence behavior were analyzed using logistic regression models.Results: Of 1530 respondents, 53.1% reported ≥1 non-adherence behavior. Non-adherence rates were 59.8% in diabetes mellitus (DM), 56.0% in rheumatic disease, 55.6% in inflammatory bowel disease, and 42.8% in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection patients (p < .001). IEXPAC and BMQ scores were higher in adherent vs. non-adherent patients. In multivariate analysis, non-adherence behavior was strongly associated with lower overall BMQ, lower BMQ Necessity scores and higher BMQ Concerns scores (p < .001 for all), and with a lower IEXPAC self-management score (p = .007), but not with the overall IEXPAC score. Non-adherence was more frequent in DM patients compared with HIV infection patients (p < .001).Conclusions: Patients' beliefs in medicines-a lower perception for the necessity of medication, and higher concerns in taking medication-and low patient self-management experience score were associated with non-adherence behavior. These are modifiable aspects that need to be addressed to increase medication adherence in chronic disease.
Keywords
Chronic disease
Medication adherence
Surveys and questionnaires
Patient preference
Patient satisfaction
Beliefs about medicines
Medication adherence
Surveys and questionnaires
Patient preference
Patient satisfaction
Beliefs about medicines
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0300-7995