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Medication noncompliance--a thriving problem.

A M Aziz1, M I Ibrahim

  • 1Pharmacy Division, Hospital Melaka, Jalan Mufti Hj Khalil, Melaka.

The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|September 6, 2000
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A significant number of outpatients (56%) showed noncompliance with their prescribed antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and antiasthmatic medications. Key factors influencing noncompliance included older age, polypharmacy, and female gender, with forgetting doses being a primary reason.

Area of Science:

  • Clinical Pharmacy
  • Public Health
  • Pharmacoeconomics

Background:

  • Medication noncompliance is a significant challenge in managing chronic diseases.
  • Understanding compliance patterns is crucial for improving therapeutic outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the compliance status of outpatients with antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and antiasthmatic medications.
  • To identify factors associated with medication noncompliance in this patient population.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 585 outpatients at Melaka Tengah Health Clinic.
  • Compliance assessed via pill-counting and house-to-house interviews 14 days post-dispensing.
  • Analysis of noncompliance rates and associated demographic and clinical variables.

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Main Results:

  • A noncompliance rate of 56% was observed among 464 successfully interviewed patients.
  • Mean noncompliance percentage was 78.0 +/- 43.1%.
  • Older age, polypharmacy (≥2 drugs), and female gender were significant predictors of noncompliance. Race was not a determinant.

Conclusions:

  • Noncompliance with antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and antiasthmatic drugs is prevalent among outpatients.
  • Forgetting to take medications and difficulty reading labels were primary reasons for noncompliance.
  • Underdosing was more common than overdosing, leading to substantial wastage of unused medications.