Compliance with medication for tuberculosis patients is one of the determinants success therapy in addition to effectiveness antibiotics. The aim this study identify factors that influence a therapy, long-term use antibiotics tuberculosis. We questionnaires we have created and validated interviews can be used directly measure level compliance experienced by patient. This research method an obse...

Partridge et al. provided an excellent and timely review on patient compliance issues of prescribed oral therapy (1). This important area merits the attention of every oncology clinician, in view of the increasing number of new oral antineoplastic agents. The review would have been more complete, however, if it had pointed out that pharmacist involvement in patient education is essential in ach...

social anxiety (or social phobia) disorder is defined as a constant fear of being embarrassed or negatively evaluated in social situations or while doing activities in the presence of others. several studies have examined the role of certain variables that might predict response to treatment and may affect treatment outcome. the purpose of this study was to identify predictive variables of chan...

In a number of large-scale studies, intensive therapy regimens have improved glycemic control while reducing the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes. However, insulin use has been associated with weight gain, thereby hampering patient compliance with intensive insulin therapy. As the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity continues to increase worldwide, health care providers must...

Data of 18 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) on therapy with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) (with good efficacy) and with the Velumount® device were collected by respiratory polygraphy, blood pressure measurement, questionnaires, and neuropsychological tests to compare for the first time the effects of the Velumount® device to the one of CPAP therapy. Number of s...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the top cause of global mortality. There is considerable evidence that supports the mortality and morbidity benefit of statin therapy in coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, both in primary and secondary prevention settings. Data also exist pointing to the advantage of statin treatment in other high-risk CVD conditions, such as diabetes, CKD, CHF, and PV...

BACKGROUND Compliance is a key element in the success of therapy, both in practice and research. A study from 1974 demonstrated that compliance in clinical trials was only determined in 19% of studies requiring it. OBJECTIVES The objective was to determine if there has been an improvement in compliance assessment in clinical trials. METHODS All drug studies published in the British Medical ...

Successful asthma management is 10% medication and 90% education. An ample range of drugs is available to adequately control most asthma, yet a majority of patients with moderate to severe disease fail to adhere to prescribed therapy. Studies examining the degree of compliance with prescribed inhaled therapy range from 24% to 69%.1 This failure is in large part due to the failure of the health ...

Medium weight compression, so-called modified compression therapy, promotes ulcer healing in patients with mixed arterial and venous ulcerations. This study is a retrospective literature review of 10 studies that met the author's inclusion criteria for arterial-venous leg ulcers an ankle brachial index between 0.5 0.8. Modified therapy reduces pressure on fewer wrap layers while still improving...