BACKGROUND AND AIM: @entity29 ( @entity29 ) are chronic gastrointestinal conditions requiring medical therapy to maintain clinical remission. Low adherence to therapy leads to poorer disease outcome. Therefore, we aimed to identify predictors of low adherence in the Belgian @entity8787 population. @entity1 AND METHODS: Between November 2013 and March 2014, 570 ambulatory @entity1 (471 @entity1 with @entity8787 and 99 non- @entity8787 controls) visiting a tertiary @entity8787 -referral centre were requested to complete the Morisky 8-Item Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) questionnaire as well as a survey of sociodemographic data (smoking, educational level, marital status and occupation). On the basis of the self-reported MMAS questionnaire, adherence was categorized as low (MMAS-8 score: >2), medium (MMAS-8 score: 1-2) or high (MMAS-8 score: 0). RESULTS: The response rate in the @entity8787 population was as high as 99%. Low adherence was reported less frequently in the @entity8787 population than in the non- @entity8787 controls (36 vs. 49%, P=0.021). In multivariate analysis, factors associated independently with low adherence in the @entity8787 population were age younger than 40 [odds ratio: 1.589 (95% confidence interval: 1.057-2.389), P=0.026], higher educational level [1.961 (1.305-2.946), P=0.001], being single [1.641 (1.020-2.639), P=0.041] and the use of @entity2983 [1.591 (1.018-2.487), P=0.041]. Self-employment was identified as a protective factor for low adherence [0.397 (0.167-0.946), P=0.041]. CONCLUSION: Approximately one-third of the @entity8787 @entity1 were low adherers. Predictors of low adherence were aged younger than 40 years, higher educational level, being single and @entity2983 use, whereas being self-employed was a protective factor. On the basis of these data, personalized algorithms may be developed to improve @entity1 education, empowerment and follow-up.

Identifying predictors of low adherence in @entity1 with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity2983 :: ('MESH:D019804', 'Chemical') :: ['mesalamine'] @entity8787 :: ('MESH:C535541', 'Disease') :: ['IBD'] @entity29 :: ('MESH:D015212', 'Disease') :: ['IBDs', 'Inflammatory bowel diseases']
@entity29 :: (MESH:D015212,Disease) :: ['inflammatory bowel disease']
