Authors
Adem Sav, Jennifer A Whitty, Sara S McMillan, Elizabeth Kendall, Fiona Kelly, Michelle A King, Amanda J Wheeler
Publication date
2016/12
Journal
The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Volume
9
Pages
559-569
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Description
Background
There is a need to ascertain the type and level of treatment burden experienced by people with co-morbidities. This is important to identify the characteristics of participants who are at most risk of treatment burden.
Objective
The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of participants who are at most risk of treatment burden.
Methods
This cross-sectional study was part of a larger project and recruitment was conducted across four Australian regions: rural, semi-rural and metropolitan. Participants were asked about their treatment burden using an adapted version of a measure, which included the following five dimensions: medication, time and administrative, lifestyle change, social life and financial burden.
Results
In total, 581 participants with various chronic health …
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