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- Title
Questionnaire survey of satisfaction with medication for five symptom domains of dementia with Lewy bodies among patients, their caregivers, and their attending physicians.
- Authors
Toya, Shunji; Manabe, Yuta; Hashimoto, Mamoru; Yamakage, Hajime; Ikeda, Manabu
- Abstract
Background: The real‐world status of satisfaction with medication for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has not been elucidated. We assessed the satisfaction of patients with DLB, their caregivers, and their attending physicians (trios) with medication according to the clinical symptom domains of DLB. Methods: This was a subanalysis of a cross‐sectional, questionnaire‐based, survey study of trios. The subanalysis set comprised analysis populations for cognitive impairment, parkinsonism, psychiatric symptoms, sleep‐related disorders, and autonomic dysfunction (orthostatic hypotension, constipation, and dysuria). These analysis populations included trios of patients who had any symptom domain and took medication for each symptom domain, and for which all trio data on satisfaction with medication for the symptom domain were available. The degrees of satisfaction with medication were classified as 'satisfied', 'neutral', or 'dissatisfied'. Results: The analysis set for this study included 110 trios for cognitive impairment, 62 for parkinsonism, 47 for psychiatric symptoms, 29 for sleep‐related disorders, none for orthostatic hypotension, 11 for constipation, and seven for dysuria. There were no statistically significant differences in the degree of satisfaction with medication for symptom domains other than parkinsonism and dysuria between patients–caregivers, patients–physicians, and caregivers–physicians. Regarding satisfaction with medication for parkinsonism, significantly more physicians than patients answered 'satisfied' (75.8% vs. 51.6%), and significantly more patients than physicians answered 'neutral' (35.5% vs. 14.5%) (P = 0.013). Regarding satisfaction with medication for dysuria, significantly more caregivers than physicians answered 'satisfied' (100% vs. 28.6%, P = 0.038). Conclusions: Satisfaction with medication for symptom domains other than parkinsonism and dysuria was similar among trios. Our results suggest that physicians should pay more attention to patients' satisfaction with medication for parkinsonism, and to caregivers' satisfaction with medication for dysuria to help prevent undermedication.
- Subjects
CAREGIVER attitudes; LEWY body dementia; CROSS-sectional method; SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; DEMENTIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding
- Publication
Psychogeriatrics, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 5, p752
- ISSN
1346-3500
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/psyg.12993