OBJECTIVE To compare the compliance, side effects and efficacy of amoxicillin and azithromycin for the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnancy. METHODS This is a randomized single-blind trial of women diagnosed with C. trachomatis before 33 weeks gestation. Women were randomlyassigned either 500 mg amoxicillin orally three times per dayfor 7 days or a single dose of 1 g azit...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance and define predictors of CPAP compliance among Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after applying an educational program.  METHODS This prospective cohort study included consecutive patients diagnosed to have OSA based on polysomnography between January 2012 and January 2014 in King Saud University, Riy...

Objectives: Home exercise programs are an important component of a hand therapy rehabilitation program. Compliance with the recommended home exercise regime is generally considered essential for good treatment outcomes. The aim of this pilot was to determine the clarity of an innovative hand therapy DVD. This DVD will be utilised in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the usefulness o...

STUDY TYPE Therapy (case series). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4. OBJECTIVE To evaluate factors that affect compliance in men who enroll in a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5I) protocol after nerve-sparing robot-assisted prostatectomy (RAP), and report on short-term outcomes, as PDE5Is may help restore erectile function after RAP and patient adherence to the regimen is a factor that potentiall...

''Compliance and patching and atropine amblyopia treatments " – Reply to Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I would like to thank Drs. Loudon, Tjiam, and Simonsz for their constructive criticism of my review article entitled ''Compliance and patching and atropine amblyopia treatments " (Wang, 2015). As noted in their letter, several summary conclusions in this review article that were derived fr...

BACKGROUND Pazopanib is an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor with demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). OBJECTIVE To examine pazopanib persistence and compliance (adherence) and other drug utilization patterns in both treatment-naïve (first-line) patients and those previously treated with RCC therapy in the real-world setting. Key factors af...

Objective: To develop and assess the efficacy of a multimodal balance-enhancing exercise program (BEEP) designed to be regularly self-administered by community-dwelling elderly. The program aims to promote sensory reweighting, facilitate motor control, improve gaze stabilization, and stimulate continuous improvement by being constantly challenging. Method: Forty participants aged 60 to 80 years...

Osteoporosis is a chronic condition that generally requires long-term therapy for fracture risk reduction to become apparent. Although the bisphosphonates have made a major contribution to how clinicians manage osteoporosis, compliance with therapy has generally been less in the real-world setting than seen in clinical trials. Less-frequently administered dosage regimens or nonoral routes may e...