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The relationships among medication symptom distress, self-efficacy, patient-provider relationship, and medication compliance in patients with epilepsy

16 December 2022

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between symptoms, self-efficacy, the patient-doctor relationship and compliance with medication by patients with epilepsy . Patients with epilepsy (= 357) were recruited using sampling from three medical centres in northern Taiwan. Results showed significant differences in the relationships between medication adherence and the following factors: gender, employment status, chronic co-morbidities, self-drive, daily medication dosing frequency, epileptic seizures after a missed dose and self-efficacy.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0738399112002339