A cross-sectional study on the medication compliance and its influence factors in elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Objective:To analyze the medication compliance in elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH),and influence factors of compliance.Methods:The medication compliance in elderly patients with BPH was investigated using the cross-sectional study method.The influence factor of medication compliance was analyzed using logistic regression analysis.Results:Among 406 elderly patients with BPH,only 47.3% patients were with good medication compliace.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the age,education level,marital status,IPSS score,drug type and comorbidity were the influence factors of the medication compliance (P<0.05 to P<0.01).Conclusions:The medication compliance of patients with BPH is poor,and the education level,marital status,IPSS score and drug type are the influence factors of medication compliance.Developing the health education and strengthening the psychological care of patients,and establishing the following up system of medication compliance can improve the medication compliance.