IBD medication adherence: Findings from an IBDrelief survey

Around 500,000 people in the UK [REF] have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with medication playing a key role its management. However, non-adherence to medication is common [REF], which can lead to adverse clinical outcomes for patients [REF] and be incredibly costly.

At IBDrelief we wanted to understand more about how patients feel about taking medications, what shared experiences they have and what some of the barriers to taking their medication are. So, we asked the IBDrelief survey to complete a survey on the topic, with 400 IBD patients filling it out.

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Key findings from the survey showed that:

• 35% of respondents don’t always take their medication as prescribed
• Just under half of non-compliant patients haven’t admitted to their doctor that they don’t take their medication as prescribed
• People have a range of reasons for not taking medications as prescribed
• There isn’t just one thing patients feel would help them to be more compliant
• Patients are taking a lot of different medications, which can cause compliance issues

We hope that these findings will be useful to help:

• Inform healthcare professionals (HCPs) why patients are noncompliant with their medications
• Develop tools and resources to support medication adherence
• Provide insights for pharmaceutical companies to improve non-adherence to their medications

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