Katherine Krauskopf|Alex D. Federman|Minal Kale|Keith Sigel|Melissa Martynenko|Rachel O’Conor|Michael S. Wolf|Howard Leventhal|Juan P. Wisnivesky
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Illness and Medication Beliefs are Associated with Medication Adherence
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
almost half patients copd adhere medications illness medication beliefs important determinants adherence chronic diseases using framework common sense model selfregulation csm determined associations potentially modifiable beliefs adherence copd medications cohort english spanishspeaking adults copd new york chicago medication adherence assessed using medication adherence report scale illness medication beliefs along csm domains evaluated using brief illness perception questionnaire bipq beliefs medications questionnaire bmq unadjusted analysis cohens effect sizes multiple logistic regression used assess relationship illness medication beliefs adherence study included 188 participants 47 black 13 hispanics 109 58 nonadherent nonadherent participants younger p 0001 likely black hispanic p 0001 reported low income p 002 fewer years formal education p 0002 unadjusted comparisons nonadherent participants reported concerned copd p 0011 cohens 043 emotionally affected disease p 0001 cohens 054 greater concerns copd medications p 0001 cohens 081 adjusted analyses concerns copd medications independently predicted nonadherence odds ratio 052 95 confidence interval 036075 cohort urban minority adults concerns medications associated nonadherence future work explore interventions influence patient adherence addressing concerns safety profile longterm effects copd medications