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- Title
The İnfluence of Beliefs About Medicines On Medication Nonadherence Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Study From Malaysia.
- Authors
Lee, Soik Fun; Chong, Chee Ping
- Abstract
Medication nonadherence can be caused by erroneous medication beliefs. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of medication nonadherence among hemodialysis patients and its association with beliefs about medicines. A cross-sectional multicenter study among hemodialysis patients was performed. Data was collected by using the 5 itemsmedication adherence report scale (MARS-5) and the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ). The correlation of medication nonadherence with patients‟ beliefs about medicine was assessed by multiple logistic regression. A total of 325 patients were interviewed. The majority of patients were aged 55 years or more (69.0%) and received 6 -10 prescribed medications daily (58.1%). The prevalence of medication nonadherence was 69.5% based on the MARS -5 score. Considering the BMQ score, the total mean score for the Specific–Necessity and Specific–Concern domain was 18.42 ± 2.30 and 13.16 ± 3.13 respectively. Whereas, the General–Overuse and the General–Harm domains showed a total mean score of 11.37 ± 1.98 and 9.44 ± 1.81 respectively. The patients with the belief of medication will protect them from becoming worse showed significantly less medication nonadherence (adjusted OR = 0.543). Medication nonadherence was significantly more prominent among patients who worried about taking medications (adjusted OR = 1.500) but less prominent among patients who perceived medications as addictive to them (adjusted OR = 0.637). In conclusion, medication nonadherence was prevalent among hemodialysis patients. There is a need to address hemodialysis patients‟ necessity, concern, and harm perception towards their prescribed medication to overcome medication nonadherence.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; HEMODIALYSIS patients; DRUGS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; MEDICAL history taking
- Publication
Eastern Journal of Medicine, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 3, p446
- ISSN
1301-0883
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/ejm.2022.57804