September 11, 2012The International Journal of Person Centered Medicine

Translation and validation study of Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS): the Urdu version for facilitating person-centered healthcare in Pakistan

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Why the study?

Is the Urdu version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) a reliable and valid measure of medication adherence in hypertensive patients?

Population

150 hypertensive patients attending a public hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, selected via convenience sampling…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

FSFahad SaleemUniversiti Sains Malaysia MHMohamed Azmi HassaliUniversiti Sains Malaysia SAShafie Akmal

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

May aid adherence screening in Urdu-speaking hypertensives; leaves open prospective outcome validation.

Structured PICO

Is the Urdu version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) a reliable and valid measure of medication adherence in hypertensive patients?

Population

150 hypertensive patients attending a public hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, selected via convenience sampling between July and September 2010.

Intervention

Urdu translation of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS)

Outcome

Psychometric properties including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, known group validity, sensitivity, and specificitypatient reported

The Urdu version of the MMAS is a reliable and valid tool for assessing medication adherence in hypertensive patients in Pakistan.

Cite This Study

Saleem et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fd266f44fa9f079dd5145 https://doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v2i3.251

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