Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications
Introduction. The primary objective of our study was to determine the nature of medication beliefs and their association with adherence to antiseizure medications (ASMs) among elderly epilepsy patients. Our secondary objective was to enhance the psychometric properties and factor structure parameter...
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| description | Introduction. The primary objective of our study was to determine the nature of medication beliefs and their association with adherence to antiseizure medications (ASMs) among elderly epilepsy patients. Our secondary objective was to enhance the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of the Beliefs about Medications Questionnaire (BMQ) adapted to epilepsy and affected aged subjects. Methods. A population-based survey was performed in which older adults (≥60 years of age) were invited for a free face-to-face consultation with the specialists as well as for the collection of necessary data. The eligible subjects were those who are affected with epilepsy and having epileptic seizures of any type. In addition, the participants were required to be of any sex, currently under treatment with ASMs, resident of Tehran, and able and interested to participate independently. All were carefully examined with a reasonably detailed case-history examination. Two Persian questionnaires used were Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and BMQ. Those with a MARS score of ≥6 were considered as adherent to ASMs. All data were described in descriptive terms. We did a group comparison of means and proportions for all possible independent variables between adherents and nonadherents. Then, we did a hierarchical multiple linear regression. For this, independent variables were categorized into three different blocks: (a) sociodemographic block (Block-1), (b) treatment side-effect block (Block-2), and (c) BMQ block that included ten items of the BMQ scale (Block-3). We also did a forward step-wise linear regression by beginning with an empty model. We also estimated the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of BMQ and its two subdomains. Results. Of all (N = 123, mean age: 63.3 years, 74.0% males), 78.0% were adherent (mean score: 7.0, 95% CI 6.2–7.8) to ASMs. The MARS scores were not different between males and females. The mean BMQ score was 23.4 (95% CI 19.8–27.0) with the mean need score of 20.0 (95% CI 18.0–22.0) and mean concern score of 16.5 (95% CI 14.3–18.7). A positive need-concern differential was 20.4%. Upon hierarchical regression, the adjusted R2 for Block-1 was 33.8%, and it was 53.8% for Block-2 and 92.2% for Block-3. Upon forward step-wise linear regression, we found that “ASMs disrupt my life” (ß −1.9, ES = −1.1, p=0.008) as the only belief associated with adherence. The alpha coefficient of BMQ was 0.81. Conclusions. Ours is one of the very few studies that evaluated medication beliefs and their association with adherence to ASMs among elderly epilepsy patients in a non-western context. In our context, medication beliefs are likely to have an independent role in effecting adherence to ASMs, particularly the concern that “ASMs disrupt life.” Treating physicians should cultivate good conscience about ASMs and evaluate the patient’s medication beliefs early-on to identify those who might be at the risk of becoming nonadherent. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c960dc7ba9814ff5a3825ba2ac8818462025-08-20T03:19:34ZengWileyNeurology Research International2090-18522090-18602020-01-01202010.1155/2020/67189156718915Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure MedicationsDevender Bhalla0Elham Lotfalinezhad1Fatemeh Amini2Ahmad Delbari3Reza Fadaye-Vatan4Vida Saii5Kurosh Gharagozli6Iranian Epilepsy Association, Tehran, IranIranian Research Centre on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Centre on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Centre on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Centre on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Epilepsy Association, Tehran, IranIranian Epilepsy Association, Tehran, IranIntroduction. The primary objective of our study was to determine the nature of medication beliefs and their association with adherence to antiseizure medications (ASMs) among elderly epilepsy patients. Our secondary objective was to enhance the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of the Beliefs about Medications Questionnaire (BMQ) adapted to epilepsy and affected aged subjects. Methods. A population-based survey was performed in which older adults (≥60 years of age) were invited for a free face-to-face consultation with the specialists as well as for the collection of necessary data. The eligible subjects were those who are affected with epilepsy and having epileptic seizures of any type. In addition, the participants were required to be of any sex, currently under treatment with ASMs, resident of Tehran, and able and interested to participate independently. All were carefully examined with a reasonably detailed case-history examination. Two Persian questionnaires used were Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and BMQ. Those with a MARS score of ≥6 were considered as adherent to ASMs. All data were described in descriptive terms. We did a group comparison of means and proportions for all possible independent variables between adherents and nonadherents. Then, we did a hierarchical multiple linear regression. For this, independent variables were categorized into three different blocks: (a) sociodemographic block (Block-1), (b) treatment side-effect block (Block-2), and (c) BMQ block that included ten items of the BMQ scale (Block-3). We also did a forward step-wise linear regression by beginning with an empty model. We also estimated the psychometric properties and factor structure parameters of BMQ and its two subdomains. Results. Of all (N = 123, mean age: 63.3 years, 74.0% males), 78.0% were adherent (mean score: 7.0, 95% CI 6.2–7.8) to ASMs. The MARS scores were not different between males and females. The mean BMQ score was 23.4 (95% CI 19.8–27.0) with the mean need score of 20.0 (95% CI 18.0–22.0) and mean concern score of 16.5 (95% CI 14.3–18.7). A positive need-concern differential was 20.4%. Upon hierarchical regression, the adjusted R2 for Block-1 was 33.8%, and it was 53.8% for Block-2 and 92.2% for Block-3. Upon forward step-wise linear regression, we found that “ASMs disrupt my life” (ß −1.9, ES = −1.1, p=0.008) as the only belief associated with adherence. The alpha coefficient of BMQ was 0.81. Conclusions. Ours is one of the very few studies that evaluated medication beliefs and their association with adherence to ASMs among elderly epilepsy patients in a non-western context. In our context, medication beliefs are likely to have an independent role in effecting adherence to ASMs, particularly the concern that “ASMs disrupt life.” Treating physicians should cultivate good conscience about ASMs and evaluate the patient’s medication beliefs early-on to identify those who might be at the risk of becoming nonadherent.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6718915 |
| spellingShingle | Devender Bhalla Elham Lotfalinezhad Fatemeh Amini Ahmad Delbari Reza Fadaye-Vatan Vida Saii Kurosh Gharagozli Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications Neurology Research International |
| title | Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications |
| title_full | Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications |
| title_fullStr | Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications |
| title_short | Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications |
| title_sort | medication beliefs and adherence to antiseizure medications |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6718915 |
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