Open Access<p>Non-Adherence to Pharmacotherapy: A Prospective Multicentre Study About Its Incidence and Its Causes Perceived by Chronic Pain Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Rute Sampaio,
Luís Filipe Azevedo,
Cláudia Camila Dias,
José Manuel Castro-Lopes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s232577
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , medical prescription , psychological intervention , pharmacotherapy , dosing , physical therapy , psychiatry , pharmacology
Pharmacological interventions remain the cornerstone of chronic pain treatment; however, nearly 40% of the prescription medicines are not taken as prescribed. The present study aims at understanding and describing non-adherence from the perspective of chronic pain patients during a 1-year follow-up study.