Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations

Wareham, Kathryn Jennifer; Brennan, Marnie Louise; Dean, Rachel S

Abstract

© 2018 British Veterinary Association. The aim of this systematic review is to describe and assess the quality of the existing evidence base concerning factors that influence the compliance of cat and dog owners to pharmaceutical and specifically polypharmacy treatment recommendations. PubMed, CAB Abstracts and Google were searched to identify relevant literature and search results were filtered according to predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Standardised data extraction and critical appraisal were carried out on each included study, and a Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine level of evidence grading was applied. Of the 8589 studies, eight studies were included in the review. Majority (five of eight) of the included studies were examining compliance with short-term antimicrobial therapies and none examined polypharmacy. Multiple definitions of compliance, methods of measurement and different factors potentially affecting compliance were used. Factors reported to have affected compliance in at least one study were dosing regimen, discussion of dosing regimen in light of owners' circumstances, consultation time, disease, month of consultation/treatment, physical risk, social risk and method of administration. The evidence available regarding factors affecting client compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations in cats and dogs is scarce and of poor quality.

Citation

Wareham, K. J., Brennan, M. L., & Dean, R. S. (2019). Systematic review of the factors affecting cat and dog owner compliance with pharmaceutical treatment recommendations. Veterinary Record, 184(5), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104793

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 30, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Nov 19, 2018
• Publication Date: Feb 2, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 23, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 5, 2020
• Journal: Veterinary Record
• Print ISSN: 0042-4900
• Electronic ISSN: 2042-7670
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 184
• Issue: 5
• Article Number: 154
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104793
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2935515
• Publisher URL: https://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/184/5/154.long
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