Medication adherence to oral iron therapy in patients with iron deficiency anemia

dc.contributor.authorGereklioglu, Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorAsma, Suheyl
dc.contributor.authorKonur, Asli
dc.contributor.authorErdogan, Ferit
dc.contributor.authorKut, Altug
dc.contributor.pubmedID27375698en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-07T11:13:54Z
dc.date.available2019-08-07T11:13:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aimed at investigating the factors affecting medication adherence in patients who use oral iron therapy due to iron deficiency anemia. Methods: A total of 96 female patients in fertile age with mean age of 30 +/- 10.1 years (range 18-53) who were admitted to Family Medicine Clinic between 01 January and 31 March 2015 and who had received iron therapy within the recent three years were enrolled in the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire form. Results: Of the patients, 39 (40,6%) were detected not to use the medication regularly or during the recommended period. A statistically significant relationship was found between non-adherence to therapy and gastrointestinal side effects and weight gain (p<0.05). Conclusion: Medication adherence is deficient in patients with iron deficiency anemia. The most important reason for this seems gastrointestinal side effects, in addition to weight gain under treatment.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage607en_US
dc.identifier.issn1682-024X
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84974707244en_US
dc.identifier.startpage604en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928407/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11727/3827
dc.identifier.volume32en_US
dc.identifier.wos000377706400017en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.12669/pjms.323.9799en_US
dc.relation.journalPAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergien_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectIron deficiency anemiaen_US
dc.subjectOral iron therapyen_US
dc.subjectSide effecten_US
dc.titleMedication adherence to oral iron therapy in patients with iron deficiency anemiaen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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