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Assessing adherence-based quality measures in epilepsy.

Michael J Goodman1, Michael Durkin, Jamie Forlenza

  • 1Department of Pharmacotherapy, Outcomes Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA. michael.goodman@pharm.utah.edu

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Adherence to antiepileptic drugs is linked to fewer negative epilepsy outcomes like hospitalizations and injuries. This finding supports developing quality measures for epilepsy care.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Epilepsy management requires consistent medication adherence.
  • Poor adherence to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is associated with adverse health outcomes.
  • Developing quality measures for epilepsy care necessitates validated adherence metrics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the association between three adherence measures and seven negative epilepsy-related outcomes.
  • To inform the development of a quality measure for epilepsy management.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort analysis of 31,635 patients from the PharMetrics national claims database (2004-2008).
  • Examined odds ratios (ORs) for hospital admissions, emergency room visits, head injuries, falls, motor vehicle accidents, fractures, and seizure-related events.
  • Compared non-adherent versus adherent groups based on defined adherence measures.

Main Results:

  • Adherent patients had significantly lower odds of hospital admissions (ORs 0.729-0.872) and ER visits (ORs 0.750-0.893).
  • Lower odds of head injuries (ORs 0.647-0.888) and fractures (ORs 0.407-0.841) were observed in adherent groups.
  • The association between adherence and seizure-related outcomes was inconsistent.

Conclusions:

  • All tested adherence measures identified non-adherent patient groups with increased negative epilepsy-related outcomes.
  • These findings support the utility of adherence measures in developing quality indicators for epilepsy care.