Medication Adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory condition with intestinal and extra-intestinal features. The key component of treating inflammatory bowel disease is medication. Patients, however, often don't take their medication as directed. Medication adherence is the act of taking a patient's prescribed medications as directed. Average medication non-adherence rates for chronic diseases are 50% in developed nations, and they are even lower in developing nations. Measuring medication adherence can be done in a variety of ways, including direct and indirect methods, each with advantages and disadvantages. The factors influencing medication adherence are multifactorial. Cost, Psychosocial-related and medication-related factors were more important determinants of adherence compared with demographic or clinical variables which will be looked at in this review. Additionally, this review talks about the negative clinical effects of non-adherence to drug therapy. Finally, this review explores different intervention strategies to improve adherence to medications. Keywords: [Inflammatory bowel disease, Medication adherence, Medication non adherence]