Abstract
Medication non-adherence can cause impairments that interfere with self-care activities in individuals who suffer from multiple comorbid diseases that require careful management. The objective of this study is to assess and describe medication adherence in patients of Aseer Region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Samples of 416 patients in the outpatient department at Abha General Hospital and Aseer Central Hospital are selected randomly. The patients were interviewed using seven a self-administered close-ended anonymous questionnaire. Only descriptive statistics is reported in this study for analyze the compliance category. The participants in the study were 71% (295 out of 416 patients) of participants were females, while 29% (121 out of 416) were males. The participants’ age ranges between 18-60 years. The adherence level was 85%. The major reasons for non-adherence were forgetfulness and feeling good. The study revealed the appropriate level of adherence by participants. The study also revealed that pharmacists and other healthcare professional intervention will help to improve further the medication adherence with possible fruitful therapeutic outcomes of the patients. Key words : Non-adherence patient, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Medication non-adherence can cause impairments that interfere with self-care activities in individuals who suffer from multiple comorbid diseases that require careful management. The objective of this study is to assess and describe medication adherence in patients of Aseer Region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Samples of 416 patients in the outpatient department at Abha General Hospital and Aseer Central Hospital are selected randomly. The patients were interviewed using seven a self-administered close-ended anonymous questionnaire. Only descriptive statistics is reported in this study for analyze the compliance category. The participants in the study were 71% (295 out of 416 patients) of participants were females, while 29% (121 out of 416) were males. The participants’ age ranges between 18-60 years. The adherence level was 85%. The major reasons for non-adherence were forgetfulness and feeling good. The study revealed the appropriate level of adherence by participants. The study also revealed that pharmacists and other healthcare professional intervention will help to improve further the medication adherence with possible fruitful therapeutic outcomes of the patients. Key words : Non-adherence patient, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Highlights
Around a quarter of patients do not take their medicines as prescribed (Elliott et al, 2008)
Non-compliance with medication means failure on the part of a client to follow the recommendations of a health professional with regards to their medication, modern health care is concerned with working with clients and has suggested that ‘concordance’ should replace the use of the word ‘compliance’
The paucity of data about the noncompliance of patients regarding the medication use has prompted us to evaluate the reasons of non-compliance of patients in Aseer region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Summary
Around a quarter of patients do not take their medicines as prescribed (Elliott et al, 2008). When looking at the management of certain chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia, nearly one out of every three patients was primarily non-adherent (Fallis et al, 2013). Despite these insights, far there remains little consensus on standardized and practical approaches for assessing medication non-adherence. It is crucial for health professionals both to assess the patient and foresee the possible causes of nonadherence and follow a policy for increasing medication adherence and achieving the best health outcome (Kalogianni et al, 2011). The objective of this study is to assess and describe medication adherence in patients of Aseer Region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
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