@article{22122,
  keywords = {Adult, Female, Humans, India, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male, Medication adherence, Observation, Outpatients, Surveys and Questionnaires},
  author = {Weiand D and Smith WC and Muzaffarullah S},
  title = {Qualitative assessment of medication adherence at an urban leprosy outpatient clinic in Hyderabad, India.},
  abstract = {<p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b>The objective of this study was to measure medication adherence amongst outpatients attending an urban leprosy clinic in Hyderabad, India.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>In this study of observational design, the urine spot test and Morisky Scale questionnaire were concurrently used as qualitative measures of medication adherence.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Fifty two patients met the inclusion criteria for this study; 13 patients (25%) were non-adherent according to the Morisky scale questionnaire and 17 patients (33%) according to the urine spot test. 48% of patients were non-adherent on the basis of the urine spot test and/or the Morisky scale questionnaire.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>The results suggest that poor medication adherence remains an ongoing issue in the management of outpatients with leprosy.</p>},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {82},
  pages = {70-3},
  month = {2011 Mar},
  issn = {0305-7518},
  url = {https://leprosyreview.org/article/82/1/07-0073},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1529-8027.2011.00326.x},
  language = {eng},
}