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Treatment Burden and Chronic Illness: Who is at Most Risk?

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  • Adem Sav

    (Australian Catholic University
    Griffith University)

  • Jennifer A. Whitty

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Sara S. McMillan

    (Griffith University
    Griffith University)

  • Elizabeth Kendall

    (Griffith University)

  • Fiona Kelly

    (Griffith University
    University of Auckland)

  • Michelle A. King

    (Griffith University)

  • Amanda J. Wheeler

    (Griffith University
    University of Auckland)

Abstract

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 conditions reported a mean global treatment burden of 56.5 out of 150 (standard deviation = 34.5). Number of chronic conditions (β = .34, p

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  • Adem Sav & Jennifer A. Whitty & Sara S. McMillan & Elizabeth Kendall & Fiona Kelly & Michelle A. King & Amanda J. Wheeler, 2016. "Treatment Burden and Chronic Illness: Who is at Most Risk?," The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Springer;International Academy of Health Preference Research, vol. 9(6), pages 559-569, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:patien:v:9:y:2016:i:6:d:10.1007_s40271-016-0175-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s40271-016-0175-y
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    1. Aurore Lesage & Brice Leclère & Leïla Moret & Clément Le Glatin, 2021. "Decreasing patient-reported burden of treatment: A systematic review of quantitative interventional studies," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(1), pages 1-15, January.

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