Naslov
Patient-doctor relationship in improving drug adherence

Autori
Leppee, Marcel ; Culig, Josip ; Boskovic, Jelena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Izvornik: 4th European Public Health Conference ; Sažetak u: The European Journal of Public Health 2011 ; 21(Suppl 1):111 / - , 2011

Skup
4th European Public Health Conference

Mjesto i datum
Kopenhagen, Danska, 10.11.2011. - 12.11.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
adherence; questionnaire

Sažetak
Background Adherence is one of the important factors of patient behavior during treatment, and talks about the extent to which patient behavior coincides with the recommendations of physicians about taking the prescribed therapy, healthy living, or other acceptable behavior. The purpose is to explore the relationship between general practitioners (doctors) and patients with special emphasis on the comparison of adherent and nonadherent patients. Methods Relationship is investigated using a questionnaire where patients respond to a series of questions relating directly to this relation and, indirectly, the persistence of the treatment. Results The study included 635 persons, of whom there were 265 (41.7%) adherent, and 370 (58.3%) non-adherent. More than ¾ of respondents (75.3%) was treated for more than five years at their present general practitioner (doctor), there were more adherent patients that were treated for more than five years (83.4%) than nonadherent ones (69.5%). The analysis of respondents claims about their relation with doctor shows that in the first place, with the highest number of positive responses, is the claim of respondents that his/her doctor always explains the results of laboratory tests, X-rays and other specialized findings (n=489, 77.0%). In the second place is the claim that a patient can consult his/her doctor whenever he/she has some personal or emotional problem (n=467, 73.5%). In the third place, the claim that a physician monitors the patient's problem solving (either directly or by telephone) with 71.0% (n=451), whereby the adherent patients did not differ from non-adherent in accepting these claims (72.5%:70.0%). Conclusions Adherence is affected by several factors that are common among people with chronic 44

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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