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Self-Reported Nonadherence to Medication Is Not Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT: Nonadherence is a growing issue in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). Many factors are known to influence nonadherence, but little is known about the influence of quality of life (QoL). Detailed clinical data were obtained from 164 patients with PD using the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) and the German Stendal Adherence with Medication Score (SAMS). Descriptive statistics were used to identify reasons for nonadherence, and multivariable linear models were used to study associations between QoL and clinical parameters as well as nonadherence. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) were used to study the effect of the SAMS on PDQ domains and other medical covariates. The results showed that 10.4% (n = 17) of patients were fully adherent, 66.4% (n = 109) were moderately nonadherent, and 23.2% (n = 38) were nonadherent. Nonadherence was associated with male gender, lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score, higher non-motor symptoms questionnaire (NMS-Quest) score, greater number of medications per day (an indicator of comorbidity), and higher Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score. QoL was correlated with male gender, lower MoCA score, higher NMS-Quest score, more comorbidities, and higher BDI score, but was not correlated with nonadherence.

SUBMITTER: Zipprich HM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Self-Reported Nonadherence to Medication Is Not Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease.

Zipprich Hannah M HM Mendorf Sarah S Lehmann Thomas T Prell Tino T

Brain sciences 20210222 2

Nonadherence is a growing issue in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). Many factors are known to influence nonadherence, but little is known about the influence of quality of life (QoL). Detailed clinical data were obtained from 164 patients with PD using the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) and the German Stendal Adherence with Medication Score (SAMS). Descriptive statistics were used to identify reasons for nonadherence, and multivariable linear models were used to study as ...[more]

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