• Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021

    Concordance Between Persons with Multiple Sclerosis and Treating Physician on Medication Effects and Health Status.

    • Efrat Neter, Lea Glass-Marmor, Loren Haiien, and Ariel Miller.
    • Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer, Israel.
    • Patient Prefer Adher. 2021 Jan 1; 15: 939-943.

    BackgroundAs the number of treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) has expanded, alignment between physician and patient on effects of medication has emerged as important for medication persistence/discontinuation.ObjectiveTo evaluate physician-patient agreement levels on medication effect and health status.MethodsPersons with MS (PwMS) (n=71) participated in a cross-sectional study collecting their satisfaction (using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication), intention to dis/continue treatment and global health perception; physicians assessed response to medication and global health status.ResultsConcordance between PwMS' assessment of medication effectiveness and physician's assessment on response to medication, health status and EDSS were r s= 0.50, r s= 0.57 and r s= -0.58, respectively.ConclusionThe significant concordance attests to physician-patient effective communication and may contribute to improved medication adherence.© 2021 Neter et al.

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