The Link Between Medicine Sensitivity, Side Effects, and Personal Traits
Study Overview
This study investigates how a patient’s sensitivity to medicines (PSM) affects the side effects they report. Understanding this relationship is important because side effects can lead to personal and healthcare costs, such as not following treatment plans. We focused on patients with chronic low back pain receiving acupuncture and looked at factors like gender, healthcare usage, and emotional states (optimism, pessimism, anxiety, depression, and treatment expectations).
Research Methods
We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial involving chronic low back pain patients. Participants self-reported their experiences, and we examined the connections between PSM, side effects, and personal characteristics using statistical methods.
Key Findings
Our study included 152 patients (65.8% female) with an average age of 39.5 years. We found:
- Positive links between PSM and reported side effects (r = 0.24; p < 0.01).
- Positive links between PSM and anxiety (r = 0.21; p < 0.05).
However, anxiety did not significantly influence the relationship between PSM and side effects in our analysis.
Conclusions
This research supports previous findings on PSM and emphasizes the need to address PSM and anxiety in treatment plans to reduce side effects.
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