A cross-sectional study on medication compliance and influence factors in patients with postherpetic neuralgia
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2018.08.023
- VernacularTitle:带状疱疹后遗神经痛患者用药依从性及影响因素的横断面调查研究
- Author:
Wanxiang QIN
1
;
Ying SHI
;
Jian CUI
;
Kejian WANG
;
Fachuan NIE
Author Information
1. 陆军军医大学西南医院疼痛科
- Keywords:
neuralgia;
postherpetic;
medication adherence;
influence factors
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2018;47(8):1084-1086
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the current status of medication compliance in the patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)and its influencing factors.Methods The cross-sectional survey method was adopted to investigate the status quo of medi-cation compliance among PHN patients in the pain clinic of the Southwest Hospital of Army Military Medical University from Janu-ary of 2014 to March of 2015.Then the influence factors of medication compliance were analyzed by using the using the Logistic re-gression method.Results A total of 396 PHN patients were included 52.3% of patients had good medication compliance,while 47.7% had poor compliance.The univariate analysis showed that the age,educational level,marital status,living condition,economic status,degree of pain,disease course,medical insurance reimbursement,adverse drug reactions and complicating other diseases were the factors affecting the medication compliance(P<0.05).The multivariate Logistic regression analysis results showed that the age,educational level,marital status,living condition,economic status,degree of pain,disease course,medical insurance reimburse-ment,adverse drug reactions and complicating other diseases were the factors affecting the medication compliance.Conclusion The medication compliance in the patients with PHN is not high,there are many factors affecting the medication compliance.It is recom-mended to carry out the health education,strengthen the psychological intervention of the patients and establish the follow-up medi-cation compliance system for improving the medication compliance.
