Available information suggests that nonadherence with medication is a common problem in pregnant women. Not taking prescribed drugs may have potentially negative consequences as patients may not achieve their therapeutic goal. In addition to the many factors that may influence medication-taking behaviour in the general population, unique challenges are encountered in pregnant women as both mate...

BACKGROUND Adequate antiretroviral drug potency is essential for obtaining therapeutic benefit, however, the behavioral aspects of proper adherence and readiness to medication, often determine therapeutic outcome. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level and determinants of nonadherence and nonreadiness to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PL...

Improving medication adherence may have a greater influence on the health of our population than in the discovery of any new therapy. Patients are nonadherent to their medicine 50% of the time. Although most physicians believe nonadherence is primarily due to lack of access or forgetfulness, nonadherence can often be an intentional choice made by the patient. Patient concealment of their medica...

OBJECTIVES Describe rates of adherence for sickle cell disease (SCD) medications, identify patient and medication characteristics associated with nonadherence, and determine the effect of nonadherence and moderate adherence (defined as taking 60%-80% of doses) on clinical outcomes. METHODS In February 2012 we systematically searched 6 databases for peer-reviewed articles published after 1940....

Background: The effectiveness of value-based insurance design is based on nonadherence, which derives solely from patients’ economic constraints. Objective: Our objective was to examine the extent of cost-related nonadherence to chronic medications and to analyze its potential determinants. Methods: We conducted a telephone survey among a representative sample of Maccabi Healthcare Services chr...

BACKGROUND Medication adherence is the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by their health care providers. There are a number of approaches to study medication-taking behavior. The aim was to compare two most common methods for measuring adherence: Patient Adherence Questionnaire and Medication Possession Ratio (MPR). They belong to the indirect methods. METHODS In this ar...

PURPOSE To evaluate consistency in documentation of glaucoma medications in the electronic medical record and identify which regimen patients adhere to when inconsistencies exist. Factors contributing to medication nonadherence are also explored. METHODS Retrospective chart review of medication adherence encompassing 200 patients from three glaucoma physicians at a tertiary referral center ov...

Despite advances in treatments for cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, poorly controlled blood pressure (BP) continues to be a significant public health problem in the United States. Medication nonadherence is a pervasive problem contributing to inadequate BP control. The patient–provider relationship offers an ideal opportunity to address patient nonadherence because providers’ ...

OBJECTIVE To examine perceived barriers to medication adherence in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment and their relationship with adherence using a combined forced choice and semi-structured interview assessment approach. METHODS Sixteen adolescents with IBD and their parents participated in an open-ended interview regarding adherence barriers and completed quantitative measures of ad...

BACKGROUND Poor asthma outcomes often result from patients not following physician medication recommendations (ie, nonadherence). Estimates suggest that 50% of patients with asthma do not follow physician medication recommendations. OBJECTIVE To examine the rationale for making available objective medication adherence monitors for physicians to improve the quality of care for patients with se...