Association Between Adherence to Statins, Illness Perception, Treatment Satisfaction, and Quality of Life among Lebanese patients:

Objectives:The main objective of this study was to evaluate treatment adherence to statin and health-related quality of life (QOL) in Lebanese patients with dyslipidemia. Secondary objectives were to examine associations between treatment adherence, QOL, treatment satisfaction, and illness perception.Methods:This cross-sectional study, conducted in 20 community pharmacies from all districts of Lebanon between August 2016 and April 2017, enrolled 247 adult patients taking any statin.Results:The mean age of the participants was 52.63 ± 11.92 years (57.5% males); the mean duration of treatment with a statin was 59.72 months. A significant association was found between adherence and marital status (P < .0001), educational level (P = .001), cigarette smoking (P < .0001), and alcohol drinking (P < .0001). A negative but significant correlation was found between the adherence score and the duration of dyslipidemia (r = −0.199). A significant but negative correlation was also found between the side effect score a...