Development of the Japanese Medication Adherence Scale and Verification of Its Reliability and Validity in Hypertensive Patients

• 作者: Kazunori Kimura Rika Shimada Satoshi Fujii Yasuaki Dohi
• 来源期刊: 药理与制药(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Drug Therapy HYPERTENSION MEASURE MEDICATION ADHERENCE SCALE
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（3）
• 页码范围: 118-124
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R5

摘要

A 32-Item Japanese Medication Adherence Scale had been developed as a tool for evaluating the medication-taking behavior of hypertensive patients and predicting therapeutic efficacy, and an Internet survey of 990 hypertensive patients throughout Japan was performed. As a result, factor 1 “Expectation of pharmacological efficacy” (9 items), factor 2 “Motivation to be self-controlled in taking medication” (6 items), and factor 3 “Negative feelings about taking medication” (4 items) were identified, comprising a total of 19 items. The scale was highly reliable. Because it proved capable of discriminating between the 2 groups with different medication-taking status and blood pressure, its validity had also been confirmed.