Development and Validation of the Parkinson's Disease Medication Beliefs Scale (PD-Rx).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication non-adherence is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is associated with increased disability and healthcare costs. Individuals' beliefs regarding their medical conditions and treatments impact medication adherence. While instruments exist to measure patients' beliefs about medications in general, no such tool exists for PD.

Objectives

Create an instrument eliciting medication beliefs of persons with PD; identify demographic and clinical characteristics associated with beliefs; and examine whether beliefs are associated with dopaminergic therapy adherence.

Methods

We developed the Parkinson's Disease Medication Beliefs Scale (PD-Rx) in four phases: focus groups of patients and caregivers to generate items, scale development, expert and patient

SUBMITTER: Fleisher JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884139 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature