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Gloria Liquori1, Aurora De Leo1,2, Emanuele Di Simone2
1Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Background:
the world population is aging, and the prevalence of chronic diseases is increasing. Chronic diseases affect the quality of life of patients and contribute toward increased healthcare costs if patients do not adhere to treatment. This study defines the medication adherence levels of patients with chronic diseases.
Methods:
an observational cross-sectional study was carried out. Patients aged 65 years and older with chronic diseases were included in this study. The medication adherence report scale was used.
Results:
overall, 98 patients aged 65 years and older were included. The mean age of responders was 78.65 years.
Study Population:
71.43% were always adherent; 9.79% often adherent; 14.89% sometimes adherent; 3.87% rarely adherent; and 1% never adherent. The internal consistency of the MARS-5I was good: Cronbach's alfa value of 0.77.
Conclusions:
the MARS-5I is an effective self-report instrument to measure the medication adherence of patients. However, further studies are needed to explore factors affecting medication adherence to avoid clinical consequences for patients and high healthcare costs for healthcare facilities. Healthcare communication could be improved to ensure better transitional care.
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