01600nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001100065653001100076653001000087653002300097653001200120653000900132653002500141653001600166653001600182653003100198100001300229700001300242700002000255245011000275856005100385300000900436490000700445520083200452022001401284       2011                            d  c2011 Mar10aAdult10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aMale10aMedication adherence10aObservation10aOutpatients10aSurveys and Questionnaires1 aWeiand D1 aSmith WC1 aMuzaffarullah S00aQualitative assessment of medication adherence at an urban leprosy outpatient clinic in Hyderabad, India.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/82/1/07-0073  a70-30 v823 a<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>  a0305-7518