Objective assessment of compliance with treatments in acne

Abstract

The study demonstrates that a range of disease-related and social factors may influence compliance with treatment in acne. The inverse relationship between DLQI and Med Ad probably reflects the profound interaction of physical and psychological factors as well as perceived treatment failure.

Living with Acne

“…Two recent surveys showed lower levels of adherence: 56% in a study of 396 patients [10] and 64.7 ± 24.0% in a study of 687 patients [11]. However, it is noteworthy that adherence was assessed by doctors in these latter two studies, whereas our survey was simply based on the patients’ claims.…”

Clindamycin 1% Nano-emulsion Gel Formulation for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: Results of a Randomized, Active Controlled, Multicentre, Phase IV Clinical Trial

“…Although open label design of the study can be affected by the investigator bias, which is inherent to all open label studies, active controlled studies are difficult to blind due to the obvious differences in the topical medications. Though, it can be achieved with complex study designs like double dummy technique, requirement of additional topical applications which can alter the treatment response and exert adverse influence on the patient compliance are the obvious disadvantages [25]. Due to the above intricacies, our active controlled study incorporated an open label design.…”

Photodynamic therapy for solitary retinal metastasis from breast carcinoma

“…2 Metastases to the ocular tissues are relatively common but almost always affect the choroid. Retinal metastases have been described but are extremely rare and few reports deal with more than case.…”