ArticleBMC public health2012
Does treatment adherence correlates with health related quality of life? Findings from a cross sectional study.
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- Pharmacist intervention in improving hypertension-related knowledge, treatment medication adherence and health-related quality of life: a non-clinical randomized controlled trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Trial
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- Treatment Adherence and Health Status of Patients With COPD Under Treatment With Salmeterol/Fluticasone via the Elpenhaler® Device: The AHEAD Study.The clinical respiratory journal · 2024Observational
- The indirect effect of nonadherence on health-related quality of life in older adults with neurological disorders: implications for clinical endpoints and interventions.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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- Translation, Validation, and Psychometric Evaluation of the Diabetes Quality-of-Life Brief Clinical Inventory: The Urdu Version.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Interaction and influence of child and family characteristics upon success of weight management treatment.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Medication Non-Adherence in Patients with Dyslipidemia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication and Quality of Life in Latin-American Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Article
- Assessing Barriers to and Level of Adherence to Hypertension Therapy among Palestinians Living in the Gaza Strip: A Chance for Policy Innovation.International journal of hypertension · 2020Article
- Medication Adherence In Patients With Arterial Hypertension: The Relationship With Healthcare Systems' Organizational Factors.Patient preference and adherence · 2019Article
- Profile and predictors of health related quality of life among type II diabetes mellitus patients in Quetta city, Pakistan.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough medication adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are two different outcome measures, it is believed that adherence to medication leads to an improvement in overall HRQoL. The study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and HRQoL.
methodsA questionnaire-based cross-sectional study design was undertaken with hypertension patients attending public hospitals in Quetta city, Pakistan. HRQoL was measured by Euroqol EQ-5D. Medication adherence was assessed by the Drug Attitude Inventory. Descriptive statistics was used to tabulate demographic and disease-related information. Spearmans correlation was used to assess the association between the study variables. All analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0.
resultsAmong 385 study patients, the mean age (SD) was 39.02 (6.59), with 68.8% of males dominating the entire cohort. The mean (SD) duration of hypertension was 3.010.939years. Forty percent (n=154) had a bachelors degree level of education with 34.8% (n=134) working in the private sector. A negative and weak correlation (0.77) between medication adherence and EQ-5D was reported. In addition, a negative weak correlation (0.120) was observed among medication adherence and EQ-VAS.
conclusionsCorrelations among the study variables were negligible and negative. Hence, there is no apparent relationship between the variables.
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