title: Comparison of the compliance of pharmacy patients.
abstract: This issue is an attempt to be compared the compliance, respectively non-compliance among pharmacy patients between the years 1998 and 2001. The authors make an attempt to elucidate the factors that influence the non-compliance of the patients in order to improve it and to increase the rate of compliance among them. A questionnaire is applied for assessment the state of compliance and non-compliance among the pharmacy patients. The results of the analysis of the received data show that the level of compliance was 69% in 1998 and has decreased to 53% in 2001. The main reasons that influence the non-adherence of the patients are shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petkova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
authors.forename: Zl
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*