Medication Belief and Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy.

Conclusion: Majority of the epileptic patients were nonadherent to their medications, and more than one-third of the patients had a negative medication belief. Low medication necessity belief, high medication concern belief, negative medication belief, comorbidity, and seizure encounter were predictors of medication nonadherence. Therefore, healthcare providers should design educational programs to enhance the patients' believe about their medication in order to improve medication adherence and overall treatment outcome. PMID: 31178940 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Behavioural Neurology - June 11, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Niriayo YL, Mamo A, Gidey K, Demoz GT Tags: Behav Neurol Source Type: research