COMPARING MEDICATION ADHERENCE RATES BETWEEN PHARMACY DESERT AND NON-DESERT AREAS AMONG ELDERLY IN PENNSYLVANIA

Relationship between Cognitive Status and Medication Adherence among Elderly Patients with Hypertension

Introduction and purpose: Poor medication adherence may result in adverse outcomes, such as a higher rate of hospitalization and increased costs of healthcare. In this regard, the present study was designed to determine the relationship between cognitive status and medication adherence among elderly patients with hypertension. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 180 elderly patients with h...

Medication Adherence Among Elderly With Hypertension: Johnson Model-Based Program

Objectives Hypertension is the most common cause of stroke and kidney failure in the elderly and medication adherence is vital in controlling complications. This study aims to determine the effect of the Johnson model-based program on medication adherence among the elderly with hypertension. Methods & Materials The present study was a clinical trial that was performed on the elderly with hyper...

Comparative Study of Desert and Non-desert Rodent Kidneys

BACKGROUND AND SPECIFIC AIMS The study of physiological adaptation and diversity has been a central issue in ecological and evolutionary physiology. For example, the environmental tuning of an organism’s physiology is often hypothesized to be responsible for allowing an organism to adjust to changing biotic and abiotic conditions, through increases in physiological performance. This is well exe...

Management of Dryland and Desert Areas

Pharmacy-based interventions to reduce primary medication non-adherence

Background: Non-adherence to essential chronic medications is common and leads to substantial morbidity, mortality, and avoidable healthcare costs. Recent studies have recognized the frequency of primary non-adherence, when patients do not fill their first prescription for a new medication. Little is known about what interventions could reduce rates of primary non-adherence. We evaluated two in...