Patient medication adherence: measures in daily practice.
Beena Jimmy,Jimmy Jose +1 more
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Barriers to adherence could be addressed as patient, provider and health system factors, with interactions among them, and identifies specific barriers for each patient and adopting suitable techniques to overcome them.Abstract:
Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success Failure to adherence is a serious problem which not only affects the patient but also the health care system Medication non adherence in patients leads to substantial worsening of disease, death and increased health care costs A variety of factors are likely to affect adherence Barriers to adherence could be addressed as patient, provider and health system factors, with interactions among them Identifying specific barriers for each patient and adopting suitable techniques to overcome them will be necessary to improve medication adherence Health care professionals such as physicians, pharmacists and nurses have significant role in their daily practice to improve patient medication adherenceread more
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Adherence to Medication
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TL;DR: It is concluded that, though some methodologic problems require further study, RC measures can be a useful source of compliance information in population-based studies when direct measurement of medication consumption is not feasible.
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Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Patient Compliance a Meta-Analysis
Debra L. Roter,Judith A. Hall,Rolande Merisca,Beth L. Nordstrom,Deborah Cretin,Bonnie L. Svarstad +5 more
TL;DR: Comprehensive interventions combining cognitive, behavioral, and affective components were more effective than single-focus interventions and improved health outcomes and utilization.