Prevalence and biopsychosocial factors associated with treatment adherence among people with epilepsy in a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

AS Almwled, AO Almuhaydili, SM Altamimi… - Neurosciences …, 2022 - nsj.org.sa
Objectives: To identify the magnitude of treatment adherence among people with epilepsy
(PWE) and the impact of sociodemographic, medical and psychosocial factors on treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers of drug adherence among patients with epilepsy: in tertiary care hospital, South India

AM Das, L Ramamoorthy, V Wadwekar - Journal of caring …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Epilepsy is a treatable and curable brain disorder. However major proportion of
individuals with this disease in developing countries receives no treatment because of …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of factors affecting adherence to antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy: a cross-sectional study

R Gurumurthy, K Chanda, GRK Sarma - Singapore medical journal, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving PWE who had a confirmed diagnosis.
Treatment adherence was assessed using the four-item Morisky Medication Adherence …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying the barriers to antiepileptic drug adherence among adults with epilepsy

G O'Rourke, JJ O'Brien - Seizure, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To identify the barriers to antiepileptic drug (AED) adherence among adults with
epilepsy (AWE). The impact of AED non-adherence on quality of life (QoL) was also …

Medication adherence and adverse effect profile of antiepileptic drugs in Nigerian patients with epilepsy

JO Fadare, TA Sunmonu, IA Bankole… - Neurodegenerative …, 2018 - Future Medicine
Aim: Medication adherence remains a major challenge among patients with epilepsy (PWE)
with the adverse effect profile of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) as one of its main drivers …

Measuring of Non-Adherence of Epilepsy Patients to their Medication and its Relationship to their Beliefs about the Disease, and the Frequency of Seizures: A …

MR Mahmoud, HA Alenazi, MS Almutairi… - Pakistan Journal of …, 2022 - pjmhsonline.com
Background: Medication adherence and believes are crucial to achieving the desired goal of
therapy in epileptic patient. Anti-epileptic drugs (AED) are the primary therapeutic modes for …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to antiepileptic therapy in adults

S Chinnaiyan, S Narayana… - … of neurosciences in …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Context: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting 70 million worldwide. The high
incidence of relapse can be attributed to nonadherence, thus increasing the incidence of …

Antiepileptic drug adherence and its associated factors among epilepsy patients on follow-ups at Amanuel mental specialized hospital, Ethiopia

S Shumet, M Wondie, G Ayano, H Asfaw… - Ethiopian Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Background: Medication adherence is a fundamental determinant of effective treatment.
However, people with epilepsy have poor compliance with their treatment because of the …

[PDF][PDF] Adherence to anti-epileptic drugs and their determinant factors among adult patients with epilepsy

A Khalil, AA Al-Amoudi, MM Almutairi… - …, 2018 - pharmacophorejournal.com
Background: One of the chronic disorders of the brain is epilepsy, it is characterized by
repeated seizures. It results from an excessive electrical discharge within the brain cells, and …

[HTML][HTML] Antiepileptic drug nonadherence and its predictors among people with epilepsy

A Getnet, SM Woldeyohannes, L Bekana… - Behavioural …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Introduction. Antiepileptic drugs are effective in the treatment of epilepsy to the extent that
about 70% of people with epilepsy can be seizure-free, but poor adherence to medication is …