The association between patients' beliefs about medicines and adherence to drug treatment after stroke: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adherence to preventive drug treatment is a clinical problem and we hypothesised that patients' beliefs about medicines and stroke are associated with adherence. The objective was to examine associations between beliefs of patients with stroke about stroke and drug treatment and their adherence to drug treatment.

Design

Cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

Setting

Patients with stroke from 25 Swedish hospitals were included.

Measurements

Questionnaires were sent to 989 patients to assess their perceptions about stroke (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, Brief IPQ), beliefs about medicines (Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaires, BMQ) and adherence to treatment (Medication Adherence Report Scale, MARS) 3 months after stroke onset. Only patients

SUBMITTER: Sjolander M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787491 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature