4.4 Satisfaction with information about AEDs
With regard to satisfaction with information about AEDs, the results of
this study were consistent with those of Fogg et al. (2012) study
that evaluated the effect of pharmacist-led epilepsy consultation on
patients’ satisfaction with information received about epilepsy
medications, that increased the overall satisfaction from 11 to 13
(P- value= 0.009) (26).
The increase in satisfaction in this study was also associated with a
significant increase in the level of adherence. Not only adherence, but
also safety and QoL was associated with satisfaction. At follow-up, an
inverse relationship was found between satisfaction and safety, this
means that when satisfaction with information about AEDs increased, it
led to a lower side effects score indicating better understanding of
drugs side effects. On the other hand, a direct relationship between
satisfaction and QoL indicates that better understanding about the
medication effects, either the wanted or unwanted (side effects), led to
a higher QoL score.
In this study, the control group also experienced a statistically
significant increase in the level of satisfaction at follow up, although
no new information was provided to patients or caregivers during the
study period, this may be due to social desirability bias as the
clinical pharmacist frequently contacted the caregiver to receive
relevant study information.