Adherence to epilepsy quality indicators in a tertiary referral center

Fırat, Oğuzhan; Deri̇ci̇oğlu, Neşe; Demirkan, Kutay

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109366

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“…In current works, the socio-economic and demographic factors that most often affect compliance with medical recommendations include age, gender, personal circumstances, education and addictions [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ]. Among the examined group of people in this study, age and sex had no significant effect on compliance with medical recommendations.…”

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Adherence to Epilepsy’s Medical Recommendations

Jopowicz,

Piechal,

Bronisz

et al. 2024

Brain Sciences

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The primary problem in the treatment of epilepsy is poor seizure control. Several studies have shown that non-adherence to doctors’ recommendations regarding drug dosage, time of drug administration as well as lifestyle modifications are the most frequent causes of the persistence or reoccurrence of seizures, other than cases of misdiagnosis and poor drug selection. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of non-compliance with medical recommendations, both in relation to medicine dosage, regularity of administration and lifestyle, and also to determine the factors affecting patients with diagnosed epilepsy. This study was carried out on a total of 169 patients diagnosed with epilepsy who were under the care of an outpatient neurology clinic. The assessment of compliance was performed using the Patient Rating of Compliance Scale (PRCS), Clinician Rating Scale (CRS) and authors’ scale. Depending on the scale used, varying degrees of non-compliance were noted. They were as follows—65.3% on the authors’ scale, 10% on the PRCS and 9% on the CRS. The following factors influenced compliance with doctors’ recommendations: type of epilepsy, consumption of alcoholic beverages, frequency of follow-up visits to the neurology clinic, type of pharmacotherapy and number of medicines taken.

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