Qualitative Assessment of Medication Adherence at an Urban Leprosy Outpatient Clinic in Hyderabad, India | Zendy

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Qualitative Assessment of Medication Adherence at an Urban Leprosy Outpatient Clinic in Hyderabad, India

Author(s) -

Daniel Weiand,

William C. Smith,

Syed Muzaffarullah

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

leprosy review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 2162-8807

pISSN - 0305-7518

DOI - 10.47276/lr.82.1.70

Subject(s) - medicine , leprosy , family medicine , outpatient clinic , medication adherence , qualitative research , traditional medicine , dermatology , social science , sociology

OBJECTIVESThe objective of this study was to measure medication adherence amongst outpatients attending an urban leprosy clinic in Hyderabad, India.DESIGNIn this study of observational design, the urine spot test and Morisky Scale questionnaire were concurrently used as qualitative measures of medication adherence.RESULTSFifty two patients met the inclusion criteria for this study; 13 patients (25%) were non-adherent according to the Morisky scale questionnaire and 17 patients (33%) according to the urine spot test. 48% of patients were non-adherent on the basis of the urine spot test and/or the Morisky scale questionnaire.CONCLUSIONThe results suggest that poor medication adherence remains an ongoing issue in the management of outpatients with leprosy.

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