PURPOSE The prevalence of hyperactive-type lower urinary tract symptoms is 45.2%, with shares of overactive bladder (OAB) and urge incontinence (UI) symptoms of 10.7% and 8.2%, respectively. We investigated the possible impact of a wide range of social, economic, and medical factors on compliance with solifenacin treatment in the working population. METHODS Social, economic, and medical facto...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine the compliance with the basic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA; medication, physical therapy, and ergonomic measures), to study psychological factors that influence compliance in light of the social learning theory, to learn whether patient education positively influences compliance and health, and to find an approach to patient education t...

OBJECTIVE Great efforts have been made to find effective treatments for back pain. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of a particular treatment can depend on patient compliance. The objective of this study was to prospectively investigate whether patients' demographic factors, clinical factors, external barriers in following the treatment, and perceptions of disability, quality of life, depression...

background: coronary artery diseases are one of the most important issues in health and social problems. one of the amendable risk factors in development of these diseases is high cholesterol which can be modified through correction of lifestyle (diet change, playing sports, and usage of lipid‑lowering drugs). patients’ compliance to therapeutic programs is the most important element to achieve...

BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines consider the use of antidepressants as one of the standard treatments for anxiety disorders, due to the significant improvements obtained in quality of life and functional disability. In addition, in patients who have not achieved a favorable response after 3 months of psychotherapy, antidepressants are recommended as part of a combined treatment approach...

For modern enterprises, compliance to regulations has become increasingly important. Yet, substantial manual interventions and lack of interoperable models of various compliance aspects contribute to an ineffective implementation and rising costs of compliance. We propose a (semi-) automated end-to-end compliance framework that has the potential to address these challenges. Our contributions ar...

Diabetes is a major public health problem allover the world. Compliance refers to a patient both agreeing to and then undergoing some part of their treatment program as advised by their doctor or other health care workers. Aim: This study was conducted to demonstrate the pattern of compliance among diabetic patients, its determinants and reasons beyond noncompliance. Methodology: This cross sec...

OBJECTIVE To assess compliance with oral lansoprazole disintegrating tablets (LODT) in patients treated by traumatology specialists. MATERIAL AND METHOD A multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study involving 370 traumatology specialists and patients aged 18 or more. Study logistics were sponsored by Almirall Laboratories, S.A.; neither investigators nor patients received any economic c...

This observational study is aimed to determine the frequency of poor compliance to antihypertensive treatment and to identify predictive demographic factors. One hundred and six hypertensive patients, on treatment for more than three months, were enrolled. Demographic characteristics (age, gender, level of education, duration of hypertension and area of residence) were recorded. Number of antih...