Medication Adherence and Its Influencing Factors Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in China.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Xu, Fen Tang, Juping Zhu, Zhiping Chen, Yan Hu, Wen Lu, Sha Zhou, Yunxian Lin, Ding
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	PurposeTo investigate the current state of medication adherence among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in China and analyze the influencing factors.Patients and MethodsWe recruited as many eligible subjects as possible and a total of 105 patients with IBD finished this cross-sectional survey. The General Information Questionnaire and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale were used as measurement instruments. The factors influencing the Morisky score were studied by multiple linear regression analysis.ResultsThe average Morisky score was 6.11 ± 1.93. Univariate analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences in Morisky scores among patients with different ages, education levels, disease types, medication administration methods, medication frequencies, disease understanding and knowledge learning frequencies (P < 0.05). Multiple stepwise linear regression analyses showed that medication frequency, medication administration method and disease understanding were important factors influencing the Morisky score (P < 0.001).ConclusionOur data confirmed that the medication adherence of IBD patients was poor, especially among patients taking oral medication, those taking medications with a high frequency and those with a low understanding of the disease. To reduce symptom recurrence and control the disease, medical staff should pay attention to the individual patient factors, simplify the medication regimens, formulate effective coping strategies for drug management support.
Page Count	9
Volume Number	15
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9055206
PubMed reference number	35502182
Journal	International Journal of General Medicine [Int J Gen Med]
e-ISSN	11787074
DOI	10.2147/IJGM.S359082
Language	English
Publisher	Dove
Publisher Date	2022-04-18
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Crohn’s disease inflammatory bowel disease medication adherence ulcerative colitis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine