BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICINES QUESTIONNAIRE KOD PACIJENATA S KRONICNIM BOLOM

• Published in: Acta clinica Croatica (Tisak) 2023-12, Vol.62 (S4), p.19
• Main Authors: Dimitrijevic, Iva, Hnatesen, Dijana, Rados, Ivan, Budrovac, Dino, Tot, Ozana Katarina, Pavic, Roman, Matkovic, Vanja, Gusar, Ivana, Cebohin, Maja, Omrcen, Ivan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Chronic pain; Evaluation; Health surveys; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Opioids; Patient compliance; Patient outcomes; Surveys
• ISSN: 0353-9466
• DOI: 10.20471/acc.2023.62.s4.3

The aim of this study was to identify demographic and disease characteristics associated with different medication beliefs of patients with chronic non-malignant pain and to investigate beliefs about medicines and their association with medicine adherence. Data were collected from 202 patients using the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). According to four different attitudinal constructs, the results indicate that the majority of patients were Indifferent, followed by Distrustful and Mixed-feelings, whereas the lowest proportion of patients were In-favour. The highest patient age was found in the In-favour and Indifferent constructs. Primary education level was the most represented in the In-favour construct. The most patients in the In-favour, Indifferent and Distrustful constructs used a combination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and opioids. In the Mixed-feelings construct, patients mostly used a combination of paracetamol and NSAIDs. Most patients in the In-favour and Mixed-feelings construct reported severe pain. In the Indifferent and Distrustful constructs, most patients reported moderate pain. The study results indicate am association between some demographic characteristics and medications beliefs and that constructs could be predictors of adherence. The BMQ can be used to identify patients who are at risk of non-adherence and can be used in multidisciplinary pain programs. Key words: chronic pain; beliefs about medicines questionnaire; adherence; pain measurement Cilj ovog istrazivanja bio je identificirati demografske karakteristike i karakteristike bolesti povezane s razlicitim stavovima pacijenata s kronicnom nemalignom boli o lijekovima, te istraziti uvjerenja o lijekovima i njihovu povezanost s pridrzavanjem uzimanja lijekova. Podaci su prikupljeni od 202 pacijenta pomocu Upitnika stavova o lijekovima (BMQ) i Numericke skale boli (NRS). Prema cetiri razlicita konstrukta stava, rezultati pokazuju da je vecina pacijenata Ravnodusna, zatim Nepovjerljiva i Ambivalentna, a najmanji udio pacijenata je pripada u Prihvatljivi konstrukt. S obzirom na prosjecnu dob, najstariji pacijenti bili su u konstruktima Prihvacajuci i Ravnodusni. Razina osnovnog obrazovanja bila je najzastupljenija u konstruktu Prihvacajucih. Vecina pacijenata u konstruktima Prihvacajuci, Ravnodusni i Nepovjerljivi koristila je kombinaciju nesteroidnih protuupalnih lijekova i opioida. U konstruktu Ambivalentni pacije