|
KMID : 0311120100510020261
|
|
Yonsei Medical Journal
2010 Volume.51 No. 2 p.261 ~ p.269
|
|
|
Drug Attitude and Adherence to Anti-Glaucoma Medication
|
|
Hong Sa-Min
Kang Sung-Yong
Yoon Jong-Uk
Kang Ui-Cheon
Seong Gong-Je
Kim Chan-Yun
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess patient attitudes towards anti-glaucoma medication and their association with adherence, visual quality of life, and personality traits.
Materials and Methods : One hundred and forty-seven glaucoma patients were enrolled this study. The participants were divided into ’pharmacophobic’ and ’pharmacophilic’ groups according to their scores on the Modified Glaucoma Drug Attitude Inventory (MG-DAI). To establish a correlation with patient drug attitude, each group had their subjective drug adherence, visual quality of life, and personality traits examined. For personality traits, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used to sub-classify each group.
Results: Among the patients analyzed, 91 (72.80%) patients showed a ’pharmacophobic’ attitude and 34 (27.20%) patients showed a ’pharmacophilic’ attitude. The pharmacophobic group tended to have worse adherence than the pharmacophilic group. Personality dichotomies from the MBTI also showed different patterns for each group.
Conclusion: In glaucoma patients, pharmacological adherence was influenced by their attitude towards drugs; an association might exist between drug attitude and underlying personality traits.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Adherence, drug attitude, glaucoma, personality
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
 
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|