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Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia

Pain is a public health problem with profound physical, emotional, and societal costs. Conventional oral analgaesics are usually the first treatment, which is cost-effective and relatively safe. However, medication noncompliance is a serious healthcare concern. Medication noncompliance has remained...

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Main Authors: Kerpagam SR Nadarajan, Usha S. Rajah, T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam, Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
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Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit UMS 2023
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RD1-811 Surgery
RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology
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spelling my.ums.eprints.389852024-06-28T07:00:52Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/ Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia Kerpagam SR Nadarajan Usha S. Rajah T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam Rajesh Kumar Muniandy RD1-811 Surgery RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology Pain is a public health problem with profound physical, emotional, and societal costs. Conventional oral analgaesics are usually the first treatment, which is cost-effective and relatively safe. However, medication noncompliance is a serious healthcare concern. Medication noncompliance has remained a significant challenge despite considerable efforts to improve patient compliance. Therefore, a study was done to assess medication compliance at a Pain Clinic in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. The study period was from December 2019 to January 2020. A total of 180 patients participated in the study. The study showed that pain clinic patients’ medication compliance was 65%. With the improvement of medication compliance, the quality of life of patients with pain can be improved. Penerbit UMS 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Kerpagam SR Nadarajan and Usha S. Rajah and T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam and Rajesh Kumar Muniandy (2023) Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 17 (2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1985-1758 https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i2.3884
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topic RD1-811 Surgery
RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology
spellingShingle RD1-811 Surgery
RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology
Kerpagam SR Nadarajan
Usha S. Rajah
T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
description Pain is a public health problem with profound physical, emotional, and societal costs. Conventional oral analgaesics are usually the first treatment, which is cost-effective and relatively safe. However, medication noncompliance is a serious healthcare concern. Medication noncompliance has remained a significant challenge despite considerable efforts to improve patient compliance. Therefore, a study was done to assess medication compliance at a Pain Clinic in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. The study period was from December 2019 to January 2020. A total of 180 patients participated in the study. The study showed that pain clinic patients’ medication compliance was 65%. With the improvement of medication compliance, the quality of life of patients with pain can be improved.
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author Kerpagam SR Nadarajan
Usha S. Rajah
T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
author_facet Kerpagam SR Nadarajan
Usha S. Rajah
T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
author_sort Kerpagam SR Nadarajan
title Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
title_short Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
title_full Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
title_fullStr Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
title_sort medication compliance of patients attending a pain clinic at a tertiary hospital in malaysia
publisher Penerbit UMS
publishDate 2023
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38985/
https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i2.3884
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