Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial

Background: Therapeutic success in acne patients not only depends in the appropriate selection of drugs but also on patient’s treatment adherence or compliance. Lack of adherence is a very important problem both in general medicine and in dermatologic practice. Objective: To evaluate the impact...

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Autores principales:	Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent, Maximiliano Curi-Tuma, Claudia Nicklas, Consuelo Cárdenas, María Luisa Pérez-Cotapos, Claudia Salomone
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Publicado:	Mattioli1885 2015
Materias:	treatment adherence acne counseling randomized controlled trial Dermatology RL1-803
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41ada993278c474ba84043fd0bac26542021-11-17T08:31:29ZOral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial10.5826/dpc.0504a042160-9381https://doaj.org/article/41ada993278c474ba84043fd0bac26542015-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/23https://doaj.org/toc/2160-9381 Background: Therapeutic success in acne patients not only depends in the appropriate selection of drugs but also on patient’s treatment adherence or compliance. Lack of adherence is a very important problem both in general medicine and in dermatologic practice. Objective: To evaluate the impact of oral and written counseling in adherence to treatment in acne patients. Patients and Methods: Eighty patients were randomized into a two study groups of 40 patients each in which instructions were given in a written note (besides oral counseling) and reinforced by a telephone within 15 days of onset, and a control group that received indications as usual (oral counseling in-office only). Both groups were followed-up, evaluating adherence to treatment according to self-reporting of patients at 30, 60, 90 days and 6 months. Results: Better adherence to treatment was observed in the intervention group, being statistically significant only in the first month of treatment (80% versus 62%, p = 0.043). The beneficial effect of written counseling plus a phone call diluted in subsequent months. Conclusion: Written counseling significantly improves adherence in the first month of treatment. Good adherence could also lead to more effective treatments so it seems reasonable to use time and resources to optimize adherence to treatment. Cristian Patricio Navarrete-DechentMaximiliano Curi-TumaClaudia NicklasConsuelo CárdenasMaría Luisa Pérez-CotaposClaudia SalomoneMattioli1885articletreatmentadherenceacnecounselingrandomized controlled trialDermatologyRL1-803ENDermatology Practical & Conceptual (2015)
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spellingShingle	treatment adherence acne counseling randomized controlled trial Dermatology RL1-803 Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent Maximiliano Curi-Tuma Claudia Nicklas Consuelo Cárdenas María Luisa Pérez-Cotapos Claudia Salomone Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
description	Background: Therapeutic success in acne patients not only depends in the appropriate selection of drugs but also on patient’s treatment adherence or compliance. Lack of adherence is a very important problem both in general medicine and in dermatologic practice. Objective: To evaluate the impact of oral and written counseling in adherence to treatment in acne patients. Patients and Methods: Eighty patients were randomized into a two study groups of 40 patients each in which instructions were given in a written note (besides oral counseling) and reinforced by a telephone within 15 days of onset, and a control group that received indications as usual (oral counseling in-office only). Both groups were followed-up, evaluating adherence to treatment according to self-reporting of patients at 30, 60, 90 days and 6 months. Results: Better adherence to treatment was observed in the intervention group, being statistically significant only in the first month of treatment (80% versus 62%, p = 0.043). The beneficial effect of written counseling plus a phone call diluted in subsequent months. Conclusion: Written counseling significantly improves adherence in the first month of treatment. Good adherence could also lead to more effective treatments so it seems reasonable to use time and resources to optimize adherence to treatment.
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author	Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent Maximiliano Curi-Tuma Claudia Nicklas Consuelo Cárdenas María Luisa Pérez-Cotapos Claudia Salomone
author_facet	Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent Maximiliano Curi-Tuma Claudia Nicklas Consuelo Cárdenas María Luisa Pérez-Cotapos Claudia Salomone
author_sort	Cristian Patricio Navarrete-Dechent
title	Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
title_short	Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
title_full	Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr	Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed	Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
title_sort	oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial
publisher	Mattioli1885
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/41ada993278c474ba84043fd0bac2654
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Oral and written counseling is a useful instrument to improve short-term adherence to treatment in acne patients: a randomized controlled trial

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