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ABSTRACT
Medication non-adherence is a global health issue. Numerous factors predict it. This study is aimed to identify the association between regimen difficulty and medication non-adherence among patients with chronic conditions and testing the interaction effects of gender and age on the same. It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 479 outpatients from India. Convenience sampling method was used. Multiple regression analyses were performed to find the predictors of non-adherence and to test interaction effects. Regimen difficulty predicted medication non-adherence. The patient's gender and age have interaction effects on the relationship between regimen difficulty and medication non-adherence.
Ethical considerations
Prior permissions to conduct the survey among patients with chronic conditions were secured from the health care facilities from Goa and Karnataka, India. The informed consents from the patients to participate in the survey were secured.
Disclosure
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
Funding
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for- profit sectors.