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Association between Big Five personality factors and medication adherence in the elderly

INTRODUCTION: Adherence to medications can be associated with circumstances related to the patient, with the pathology, with cultural health beliefs, with habits, and with quality of life. Behavioral patterns can also directly influence a patient’s pharmacological adherence, since they are related t...

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Autores principales: Linkievicz, Natascha Melo, Sgnaolin, Vanessa, Engroff, Paula, Behr Gomes Jardim, Gabriel, Cataldo, Alfredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9907374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33834686
http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0143
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author Linkievicz, Natascha Melo
Sgnaolin, Vanessa
Engroff, Paula
Behr Gomes Jardim, Gabriel
Cataldo, Alfredo
author_facet Linkievicz, Natascha Melo
Sgnaolin, Vanessa
Engroff, Paula
Behr Gomes Jardim, Gabriel
Cataldo, Alfredo
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description INTRODUCTION: Adherence to medications can be associated with circumstances related to the patient, with the pathology, with cultural health beliefs, with habits, and with quality of life. Behavioral patterns can also directly influence a patient’s pharmacological adherence, since they are related to their perception and understanding of their own health status and of their drug and non-drug treatments. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between adherence to pharmacological treatment and personality factors, sociodemographic variables, and economic data in the elderly. METHODS: Cross-sectional descriptive study. The population studied were elderly people registered with the Family Health Strategy of Porto Alegre and enrolled on the Brain Aging Program (PENCE), from March 2013 to November 2015. Sociodemographic data, pharmacological adherence, and personality traits were evaluated. Exclusion criteria were incomplete data in the personality and pharmacological adherence assessments; cognitive impairment, evaluated using the instrument Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), or not having carried out this assessment. RESULTS: A total of 123 individuals were included with a mean age of 71.35±7.33 years, 58.6% of whom reported some level of non-adherence to their medication regime (low and moderate adherence). Elderly people with low adherence had significantly higher mean scores in the Neuroticism factor, while those with high adherence had significantly higher mean scores in the Agreeableness and Conscientiousness factors. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that pharmacological adherence among the elderly is negatively associated with the Neuroticism personality trait, while the Agreeableness and Conscientiousness traits are positively associated.
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spelling pubmed-99073742023-02-08 Association between Big Five personality factors and medication adherence in the elderly Linkievicz, Natascha Melo Sgnaolin, Vanessa Engroff, Paula Behr Gomes Jardim, Gabriel Cataldo, Alfredo Trends Psychiatry Psychother Original Article INTRODUCTION: Adherence to medications can be associated with circumstances related to the patient, with the pathology, with cultural health beliefs, with habits, and with quality of life. Behavioral patterns can also directly influence a patient’s pharmacological adherence, since they are related to their perception and understanding of their own health status and of their drug and non-drug treatments. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between adherence to pharmacological treatment and personality factors, sociodemographic variables, and economic data in the elderly. METHODS: Cross-sectional descriptive study. The population studied were elderly people registered with the Family Health Strategy of Porto Alegre and enrolled on the Brain Aging Program (PENCE), from March 2013 to November 2015. Sociodemographic data, pharmacological adherence, and personality traits were evaluated. Exclusion criteria were incomplete data in the personality and pharmacological adherence assessments; cognitive impairment, evaluated using the instrument Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), or not having carried out this assessment. RESULTS: A total of 123 individuals were included with a mean age of 71.35±7.33 years, 58.6% of whom reported some level of non-adherence to their medication regime (low and moderate adherence). Elderly people with low adherence had significantly higher mean scores in the Neuroticism factor, while those with high adherence had significantly higher mean scores in the Agreeableness and Conscientiousness factors. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that pharmacological adherence among the elderly is negatively associated with the Neuroticism personality trait, while the Agreeableness and Conscientiousness traits are positively associated. Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2022-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9907374/ /pubmed/33834686 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0143 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9907374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33834686
http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0143
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