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

• Main Authors: Kerpagam SR Nadarajan, Usha S. Rajah, T. Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam, Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UMS 2023
• Subjects: RD1-811 Surgery; RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology
• Online Access: 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

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.