Abstract

Poor therapeutic compliance in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has a negative impact on treatment efficacy and patients' quality of life. Addressing this issue requires an understanding of the factors involved, which include patient-related factors, socioeconomic conditions, treatment, and healthcare system factors. The aim of this study was to identify the factors responsible for poor therapeutic compliance in patients with IBD in our context. We conducted a prospective study involving 120 patients with IBD over a 10-month period. Data was collected using two questionnaires: one general questionnaire exploring factors influencing compliance and another specific one (Morisky Score) assessing the level of compliance. Of the 120 patients included, the average age was 39.66 years, with a female predominance. Crohn's disease was the most common pathology (71.7%), and 75% of patients were adherent to treatment. Lack of means was the most common reason for treatment abandonment. Bivariate analysis revealed a significant correlation between compliance, gender, monthly income, number of hospitalizations, number of daily doses, cost, perception of treatment importance, access to the treating physician, and mode of communication. Therefore, improving therapeutic compliance requires continuous support from healthcare professionals and the healthcare system, as well as responsible patients.

Keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, jaundice, hepatic involvement, Therapeutic compliance, inflammatory bowel diseases, therapeutic adherence, improvement

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >> 

Downloads

How to Cite
aouroud, hala, Errami, A. A., Essaidi, N. H. ., Lairani, F., Nacir, O., Oubaha, S., … Krati, khadija. (2023). Compliance to Drug Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Monocentric Experience. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 8(10), 464–468. https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol08-i10/1763

Copyrights & License

Copyright © 2023 Aouroud Hala Adil Ait Errami Nayala Hanane Essaidi FZ. Lairani O. Nacir Sofia Oubaha Zouhour Samlani Khadija Krati this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.