OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to measure medication adherence amongst outpatients attending an urban leprosy clinic in Hyderabad, India.
DESIGN: In this study of observational design, the urine spot test and Morisky Scale questionnaire were concurrently used as qualitative measures of medication adherence.
RESULTS: 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.
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that poor medication adherence remains an ongoing issue in the management of outpatients with leprosy.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21644474?dopt=Abstract DA - 2011 Mar DO - 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2011.00326.x IS - 1 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to measure medication adherence amongst outpatients attending an urban leprosy clinic in Hyderabad, India.
DESIGN: In this study of observational design, the urine spot test and Morisky Scale questionnaire were concurrently used as qualitative measures of medication adherence.
RESULTS: 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.
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that poor medication adherence remains an ongoing issue in the management of outpatients with leprosy.
PY - 2011 SP - 70 EP - 3 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Qualitative assessment of medication adherence at an urban leprosy outpatient clinic in Hyderabad, India. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/82/1/07-0073 VL - 82 SN - 0305-7518 ER -