Kimberley Livingstone
How lack of support and recognition for RN preceptors is affecting nursing students' learning on placement
Nurse education today
nonadherence antiepileptic drugs aeds prevalent issue india contributing suboptimal seizure control higher morbidity mortality increased hospitalization rates substantial effect overall quality life individuals epilepsy study aimed measure prevalence medication adherence among individuals epilepsy india identify factors associated nonadherence following prisma guidelines searched pubmed scopus embase google scholar studies aed adherence india quality assessment employed newcastle ottawa scale adapted crosssectional studies pooled prevalence ascertained using randomeffects model r software version 422 95 confidence interval heterogeneity estimated i2 statistic publication bias appraised via funnel plot subgroup analyses based study region adherence measurement tool done investigate heterogeneity nine crosssectional studies 1772 participants analyzed pooled prevalence adherence aeds india stood 499 95 ci 398601 subgroup analyses showed comparable adherence rates south 509 north 465 regions india however adherence rates varied substantially based measurement tool morisky medication adherence scale4 mmas4 reported 713 mmas8 indicated 459 morisky green levine mgl adherence scale exhibited 420 factors contributing nonadherence antiepileptic therapies involved poor socioeconomic status lower education levels polytherapy drugrelated side effects substance abuse almost half persons epilepsy india nonadherent aeds underscores importance healthcare professionals pay greater attention improving adherence rate aeds within healthcare service