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| Title |
Differences in medication adherence are associated with beliefs about medicines in asthma and COPD
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| Published in |
Clinical and Translational Allergy, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13601-017-0175-6 |
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| Authors |
Susanne Brandstetter, Tamara Finger, Wiebke Fischer, Magdalena Brandl, Merle Böhmer, Michael Pfeifer, Christian Apfelbacher |
| Abstract |
Adherence to medication is crucial for achieving treatment control in chronic obstructive lung diseases. This study refers to the "necessity-concerns framework" and examines the associations between beliefs about medicines and self-reported medication adherence in people with chronic obstructive lung disease. 402 patients (196 with asthma, 206 with COPD) participated in the study and completed a questionnaire comprising the "Beliefs about Medicines-Questionnaire" (BMQ) and the "Medication Adherence Report Scale" (MARS). Multivariable logistic regression analyses with the BMQ-subscales as explanatory and the dichotomized MARS-score as dependent variable were computed for the asthma and the COPD sample, respectively, and adjusted for potentially confounding variables. 19% of asthma patients and 34% of COPD patients were completely adherent to their prescribed medication. While specific beliefs about the necessity of medicines were positively associated with medication adherence both in patients with asthma and with COPD, general beliefs about harm and overuse of medicines by doctors were negatively associated with medication adherence only among patients with asthma. The findings of this study suggest that patients' specific beliefs about the necessity of medicines represent an important modifiable target for improving patient-doctor consultations when prescribing medicines. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6 | 33% |
| Ireland | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 72% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 17% |
| Scientists | 2 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 76 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 22 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 25% |
| Psychology | 9 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2022.
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#2,616,738
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#146
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#49,193
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#6
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