Q.1
What is the difference between intentional and unintentional non-compliance:
A.1
Intentional is when patients don’t want to take medication, unintentional is where doctors don’t let them
A.2
Intentional is when patients want to take medication, unintentional is where doctors make them do so
A.3
Intentional is when patients don’t want to take medication, unintentional is where patients forget to do so
A.4
Intentional is when doctors want to take medication and unintentional is where patients want to take medication?
Q.2
Which of the following is NOT an influencing factor in a patient’s non-compliance:
A.1
‘Medication is dangerous’
A.2
‘I will not get better on my own’
A.3
‘Invasive or aggressive therapy is not worth it’
A.4
‘I feel OK so I stopped taking the tablets’?
Q.3
According to Datamonitor, what proportion of patients is not fully compliant with prescribed medical therapies:
A.1
Two-thirds
A.2
One-third
A.3
Three-quarters
A.4
All of them?
Q.4
Which of the following will STOP internal stakeholders being committed to the project:
A.1
No nasty financial surprises during the project
A.2
A negative mid-term ROI with no quick wins
A.3
A standardized process to improve workflow and ensure continuous programme refinements
A.4
Wholehearted management support for compliance?
Q.5
What did conference chairman Mike Rea think that one of the roots of the compliance problem was:
A.1
That pharma doesn’t develop solutions, it develops pills
A.2
That pharma doesn’t develop pills, it encourages diseases
A.3
That doctors don’t prescribe enough drugs
A.4
That patients don’t want to get better?
Q.6
Which of these is NOT a top five goal of value-added services for the industry:
A.1
Reduce compliance
A.2
Increase sales
A.3
Strengthen brand equity
A.4
Differentiate from competitors?
Q.7
According to Alex Wyke, what percentage of patients read patient information leaflets every time:
A.1
6%
A.2
14%
A.3
90%
A.4
100%?
Q.8
What proportion of multiple sclerosis patients don’t take their therapy, despite robust evidence that early treatment results in the patient staying out of a wheelchair for longer:
A.1
One-tenth
A.2
A third
A.3
Half
A.4
Three-quarters?
Q.9
What can cause MS patients to lose trust in their doctors:
A.1
Incomprehensible language used
A.2
Lack of time
A.3
The doctor’s fear of litigation
A.4
All of the above?
Q.10
According to Tanja Antwerpes, whereas 20% of patients speak to doctors via email, what percentage of doctors use email to talk to their patients:
A.1
0%
A.2
3%
A.3
6%
A.4
20%
