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ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2015

Clinical compliance of donepezil in treating Alzheimer's disease in taiwan.

Yun-Ping Chang, Chiu-Hsien Yang, Mei-Chuan Chou, Chun-Hung Chen, Yuan-Han Yang

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Article in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Yun-Ping ChangDepartment of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chiu-Hsien YangDepartment of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Mei-Chuan ChouDepartment of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chun-Hung ChenDepartment of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yuan-Han YangDepartment of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Department of and Master's Program in Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan endless@kmu.edu.tw.
Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background/rationaleAdherence to cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) is associated with treatment effectiveness in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the clinical adherence to donepezil in Taiwan.

methodsThis was a retrospective study. Patients treated with donepezil were recruited from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital from February 2004 to April 2013. We analyzed their treatment duration in months.

resultsA total of 273 patients were included in our analysis. Sixty-seven patients withdrew from donepezil treatment with mean treatment duration of 28.0 ± 25.9 months. Better initial scores on the Mini-Mental Status Examination (P = .007), Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (P = .003), and the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) Sum of Boxes (P = .011) were positively associated with clinical adherence. The clinical adherent rate was higher in the CDR-0.5 group than in the CDR-2.0 group with significant difference.

conclusionAlthough there are some limitations in our study, these findings indicate that early intervention with ChEI in patients with AD should be emphasized and may lead to a better clinical adherence.

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Drug MonitoringAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseCholinesterase InhibitorsDonepezilFemaleHumansIndansMalePiperidinesTaiwanCholinesterase InhibitorsDonepezilIndansPiperidinesadherenceAlzheimer’s diseasedonepezilNational Health Insurance

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