ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH DUODENAL ULCER COMPLICATED BY STENOSIS

Aim. This study was conducted to assess the compliance of patients with duodenal ulcer disease during the dispensary observation.

Materials and methods. We carried out an examination and a prospective observation of 1896 patients with uncomplicated duodenal ulcer and 43 people with sub- and decompensated scar-ulcerative stenosis of the duodenum.

Results. The analysis confirmed that the compliance of patients with duodenal ulcer depends on the professional employment of patients, their gender, the level of education, presence of comorbidity, absence of undesirable effects of the taken medication, contact establishment with the patient, and presence of non-adaptive types of attitude to the disease.

Conclusion. The interaction between different factors affecting the compliance should be taken into account when planning the tactics of dispensary observation of patients with uncomplicated duodenal ulcer and after eliminating the complications as wel.