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 p...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a chronic medical condition and adherence to medication in adults with diabetes is important. Identifying predictors to medication adherence in adults with diabetes would help identify vulnerable patients who are likely to benefit by improving their adherence levels. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Dubai Police Health Centre between February 2015 and...

AIM To explore and analyze perceptions of service users and caregivers on adherence and nonadherence to medication in a mental health care context. BACKGROUND Mental health medication adherence is considered problematic and legal coercion exists in many countries. DESIGN This was a qualitative study aiming to explore perceptions of medication adherence from the perspective of the service us...

Objectives: Non-adherence to medication is a major problem in clinical medicine, and it is important to identify predictive factors. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and related factors to medication adherence in chronic psychiatric disorder. Methods: A total of 65(34 male and 31 female) outpatients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were randomly selected to participate in a ...

BACKGROUND Non-adherence to prescribed medication and health regimen has been identified as responsible for poor health outcomes. This study investigates the reasons for medication non-adherence in outpatient setting among malaria patients in Nigeria. METHODS This research adopted quantitative research methods. A well-structured questionnaire was completed by 440 respondents with minimum age ...

The treatment of chronic illnesses commonly includes the long-term use of pharmacotherapy. Although these medications are effective in combating disease, their full benefits are often not realized because approximately 50% of patients do not take their medications as prescribed. Factors contributing to poor medication adherence are myriad and include those that are related to patients (eg, subo...

N Engl J Med 2005;353:487-97. Copyright © 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society. dherence to (or compliance with) a medication regimen is generally defined as the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by their health care providers. The word “adherence” is preferred by many health care providers, because “compliance” suggests that the patient is passively following the doctor’s o...

Adherence of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in taking medication is the key to successfully managing mellitus. People DM have ability control their disease obediently which influenced by understand perceptions health beliefs. The aims this study was explored understanding beliefs patients adherence medication. This used a qualitative design phenomenological approach. 7 participants. Analy...

This study aimed to assess the predictors of non-adherence to antihypertensive medications in northern United Arab Emirates. In a cross-sectional, multicentre study in Ajman Emirate, 250 patients with hypertension were randomly selected from outpatient clinics. Participants answered an interview questionnaire about sociodemographic and clinical data and completed the Morisky medication adherenc...

BACKGROUND Medication non-adherence is a complex health care problem. Due to non-adherence, substantial numbers of cardiovascular patients benefit from their medication to only a limited extent. In order to improve adherence, a variety of pharmacist-led interventions have been developed. However, even the most effective interventions achieved only a modest positive effect. To be effective, inte...