THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PHARMACY PATIENTS ' COMPLIANCE IN BULGARIA

This issue is an attempt to be compared the compliance among pharmacy patients between the years 1998 and 2001 in Sofia and Bankja, Bulgaria. The authors made an attempt to elucidate the factors that influence the non-compliance of the patients in order to improve it and to increase the rate of compliance among them. A questionnaire was applied for assessment the state of compliance among the pharmacy patients. The results of the analysis of the received data show that the level of compliance was 69 % in 1998 and has decreased to 53 % in 2001. The main reasons that influence the non-adherence of the patients are: the high price of the drugs, the overburden daily regimen, negligence, difficulties for application of the drug form, distrust towards the treatment and others. These researches are the first provided in this area for Bulgaria and they can be a base for further study into great details