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ArticleBrain sciences2024

Adherence to Epilepsy's Medical Recommendations.

Anna Jopowicz, Agnieszka Piechal, Elżbieta Bronisz, Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzębska

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Article in Brain sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anna JopowiczDepartment of Rehabilitation, Eleonora Reicher National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Spartańska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
Agnieszka PiechalSecond Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Elżbieta BroniszSecond Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Iwona Kurkowska-JastrzębskaSecond Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PLNational Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary problem in the treatment of epilepsy is poor seizure control. Several studies have shown that non-adherence to doctors' recommendations regarding drug dosage, time of drug administration as well as lifestyle modifications are the most frequent causes of the persistence or reoccurrence of seizures, other than cases of misdiagnosis and poor drug selection. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of non-compliance with medical recommendations, both in relation to medicine dosage, regularity of administration and lifestyle, and also to determine the factors affecting patients with diagnosed epilepsy. This study was carried out on a total of 169 patients diagnosed with epilepsy who were under the care of an outpatient neurology clinic. The assessment of compliance was performed using the Patient Rating of Compliance Scale (PRCS), Clinician Rating Scale (CRS) and authors' scale. Depending on the scale used, varying degrees of non-compliance were noted. They were as follows-65.3% on the authors' scale, 10% on the PRCS and 9% on the CRS. The following factors influenced compliance with doctors' recommendations: type of epilepsy, consumption of alcoholic beverages, frequency of follow-up visits to the neurology clinic, type of pharmacotherapy and number of medicines taken.

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PMID38539643
PMCPMC10968293
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