ArticleJournal of research in pharmacy practice
Adherence to prescribed medications of Iranian traditional medicine in a group of patients with chronic disease.
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- Non-adherence to oral antidiabetic medications among patients with type 2 diabetes: evidence from a nationwide multicentre study in a lower-middle-income country.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Medication adherence in allergic diseases and asthma: a literature review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Development and efficacy of mobile application to improve medication adherence for persons with cardiac disease.ARYA atherosclerosis · 2024Article
- The Effect of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hyperlipidemia on Medication Intake and Adherence: Analysis from Korean Health Panel Survey 2014-2017.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Medication Nonadherence and Associated Factors among Heart Failure Patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.International journal of chronic diseases · 2023Article
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- Factors influencing medication knowledge and beliefs on warfarin adherence among patients with atrial fibrillation in China.Patient preference and adherence · 2017Article
- Which Matters More for Medication Adherence Among Disabled People in Shanghai, China: Family Support or Primary Health Care?Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe extent to which a person's health-related behavior corresponds with medical instructions (adherence) is an important modifier of health system effectiveness. This study was designed to determine the patients' adherence to Iranian traditional medicine in a group of patients with chronic disease.
methodsConvenience sampling was used to enroll 320 patients with chronic diseases from January 2014 to January 2015 in clinics of traditional medicine affiliated with medical universities in Tehran. Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) was used to measure the adherence. After describing the variables and the frequency of adherence, logistic regression analysis was used to determine the influencing factors.
findingsMean age was 40.8 (standard deviation [SD] =13) years. The mean of the duration of disease was 54.6 (SD = 56.1) months and mean of the duration of referring to the clinics 6.5 (SD = 6.9) months. Total score of MMAS was zero in 33 (10.3%) of patients (high adherence), one or two in 128 (40%) of patients (moderate adherence), and more than two in 159 (49.7%) of patients (low adherence). Forgetfulness, bad taste, not availability, and the high cost of the drugs were the most commonly reported causes of non-adherence. Adherence was associated with age (odds ratio [OR] =1.05, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1-1.1), marriage (OR = 10.8, 95% CI 2.05-57.6), number of prescribed drugs (OR = 0.05, 95% CI 0.02-0.14), and duration of disease (OR = 1.01, 95% CI 1-1.02).
conclusionConsidering the low adherence in users of medications of Iranian traditional medicine, health care practitioners need to be trained in adherence and the influencing factors and also to use some interventions to increase the adherence.
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