Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff

Medication non-adherence is a common problem worldwide. However, studies related to investigating the factors influencing medication compliance in dialysis patients of Malaysian population is lacking. This study was set out to investigate level of and factors influencing medication adherence in hemo...

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Main Author:	Mohd Yusoff, Hairunniza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Diseases of the genitourinary system Urology
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/102033/1/102033.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.1020332024-09-11T19:20:56Z Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff 2008 Mohd Yusoff, Hairunniza Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology Medication non-adherence is a common problem worldwide. However, studies related to investigating the factors influencing medication compliance in dialysis patients of Malaysian population is lacking. This study was set out to investigate level of and factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients. Cross-sectional descriptive design survey and convenience sampling were used. 70 patients who undergo dialysis treatment at Selayang Hospital, Selangor were interviewed and completed the questionnaires. For this study, adherence was defined as taking ≥ 80% of medication prescribed. Factors that were used to find out the correlation between medication adherence are demographic characteristics, medication related barriers, technical problems, heath-team - patient relationship barriers, patient related barriers, social support barriers and patients' medication knowledge. Among all patients, 51 % were claimed adherent when being observed by using Morisky Scale while 76.3% patients were claimed adherent to medication prescribed when interviewed. Chi square and Spearman's test were applied for statistical analysis. There findings shows that no significant difference between medications adherences with all factors investigated (p > 0.05). The conclusion is no specific factors can influence medication adherence, therefore pharmacist are responsible to intervene all hemodialysis patients towards medication adherence regarding to all aspects. 2008 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/102033/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/102033/1/102033.PDF text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Sg. Buloh) Faculty of Pharmacy
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description	Medication non-adherence is a common problem worldwide. However, studies related to investigating the factors influencing medication compliance in dialysis patients of Malaysian population is lacking. This study was set out to investigate level of and factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients. Cross-sectional descriptive design survey and convenience sampling were used. 70 patients who undergo dialysis treatment at Selayang Hospital, Selangor were interviewed and completed the questionnaires. For this study, adherence was defined as taking ≥ 80% of medication prescribed. Factors that were used to find out the correlation between medication adherence are demographic characteristics, medication related barriers, technical problems, heath-team - patient relationship barriers, patient related barriers, social support barriers and patients' medication knowledge. Among all patients, 51 % were claimed adherent when being observed by using Morisky Scale while 76.3% patients were claimed adherent to medication prescribed when interviewed. Chi square and Spearman's test were applied for statistical analysis. There findings shows that no significant difference between medications adherences with all factors investigated (p > 0.05). The conclusion is no specific factors can influence medication adherence, therefore pharmacist are responsible to intervene all hemodialysis patients towards medication adherence regarding to all aspects.
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qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Mohd Yusoff, Hairunniza
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title	Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff
title_short	Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff
title_full	Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff
title_fullStr	Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff
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Factors influencing medication adherence in hemodialysis patients / Hairunniza Mohd Yusoff

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