Factors Associated with Medication Beliefs in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Medication beliefs are a significant determinant of medication adherence in chronic illness. This study aimed to identify demographic, clinical, and medication-related factors associated with medication beliefs in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods

We used a descriptive cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 173 PD patients who had been taking antiparkinson drugs for more than one year.

Results

The subjects who believed PD medication was more necessary had more severe illness, younger age of onset, longer illness duration, and longer duration of levodopa therapy. They had higher levels of non-motor symptoms and depression, number of medication uses, number of drugs, and levodopa equivalent dose, and they reported fluctuation of moto

SUBMITTER: Kim SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175818 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature