title: Association of medication adherence with workplace productivity and health-related quality of life in patients with asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine the association of medication adherence with workplace productivity and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asthma patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult patients with asthma in a state health insurance program identified from medical claims (July 2001-June 2003) were mailed a three-part survey to measure HRQL (St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire), workplace productivity (Workplace Productivity Short Inventory), and self-reported medication adherence (Morisky Scale).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The symptoms domain had the worst HRQL scores, followed by the activity and impacts domains; 39% of the participants reported themselves as "high" adherent, whereas 19% were "medium," and 42% were "low" adherent. Asthma resulted in productivity losses of 597 +/- 1,024 US dollars (absenteeism) and 658 +/- 1,808 US dollars (presenteeism) per enrollee per year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Asthma was associated with HRQL detriments and workplace productivity losses.
authors.affiliation: Novo Nordisk Inc, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. ajsh@novonordisk.com
authors.forename: Ashish V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: S Suresh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: Ambarish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambegaonkar
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Virginia Ginger
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Harakh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dedhia
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004526:Efficiency / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents