Petkova V, Dimitrov M, Dimitrova Zl
Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Boll Chim Farm. 2003 Jun;142(5):211-3.
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.