A cohort study of medication adherence among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Egypt.

ABSTRACT: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the most common chronic respiratory disease, is expected to become the third leading cause of death worldwide in 2020. A prospective cohort study conducted in 2017 and 2018 aimed to identify factors associated with inhaler treatment adherence in patients with COPD in Cairo (Egypt). Physicians collected data regarding patient deaths, treatment-related adverse events, and patients' social support (no support, patient, support by spouse, children, and siblings) from their patients with COPD. The reason for treatment discontinuation was categorized as per patient decision or per physician decision. Adherence was categorized as treatment continued or treatment stopped. Patients who decided to stop treatment were considered non-adherent to COPD thera

SUBMITTER: Joel Ladner 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7360753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature