The shifting demographics of the population and increasing skill in treatment of chronic disease in this country have combined to make compliance a topic of greater salience than ever before. General issues of compliance are a necessary background to specific issues of compliance with regimens for single diseases such as hypertension. The definition of compliance continues to be modified, and e...

PURPOSE To study compliance in the medical treatment of glaucoma, its possible association with other factors, and quality of life of patients with glaucoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Longitudinal prospective study of 60 patients with ocular hypertension or glaucoma who were treated with travoprost, or with a fixed combination of travoprost/timolol nightly. All subjects were given a Travalert(®) d...

Background Compliance to antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of complications. It is important to understand the factors affecting compliance in patients so that the goal of successful treatment is not jeopardized. Objectives To determine the proportion of participants' compliant to treatment and various factors associated with compliance of antihypertensive treatment. Settings and De...

Randomized trials often face complications in assessing the e ect of treatment because of study participants’ non-compliance. If compliance type is observed in both the treatment and control conditions, the causal e ect of treatment can be estimated for a targeted subpopulation of interest based on compliance type. However, in practice, compliance type is not observed completely. Given this mis...

Randomized trials often face complications in assessing the effect of treatment because of study participants' non-compliance. If compliance type is observed in both the treatment and control conditions, the causal effect of treatment can be estimated for a targeted subpopulation of interest based on compliance type. However, in practice, compliance type is not observed completely. Given this m...

Good compliance with hypoglycemic therapy is important for diabetes treatment, since positive relationship between medication compliance and glycemic control has been reported. To improve medication compliance, the oral disintegrating tablet technology that facilitates drug administration without water has been employed in various drugs, including voglibose, an alpha glucosidase inhibitor. In t...

In this short report, we reviewed the literature on the consequences of poor compliance in chronic respiratory diseases. Unquestionably, poor compliance is a very significant medical issue in the management of tuberculosis. Poor compliance could cause serious personal and public health problems and is probably the major obstacle to the elimination of tuberculosis. Similarly, important consequen...

Objectives: First, to assess the compliance and persistence with stimulants among adolescents with ADHD. Second, to examine the relationship between compliance and persistence with stimulants and the dosage form of the medication. Method: Adolescents with ADHD in the Georgia Medicaid program were followed retrospectively for 12 months in 1995 and their prescription claims data were examined to ...