Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Feb 2024)

The impact of the socioeconomic factor on Parkinson's disease medication adherence: a scoping review

  • Gustavo Gil,
  • Michelle H. S. Tosin,
  • Henrique Ballalai Ferraz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1779608
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 02
pp. 001 – 008

Abstract

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Background Therapeutic adherence is a decisive issue on chronic disease management in patients requiring long-term pharmacotherapy, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Although it is well known that socioeconomic factor is a barrier to medication adherence in many chronic diseases, its impacts on PD still need to be investigated.

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