Among other chronic disorders, hypertension the most common degenerative disease. Patient adherence to treatment is critical outcome of treatment. The provision a digital medication reminder application intervention one way improve adherence. This study determine impact using smartphone applications self-management hypertensive patients. Quasi experimental with 2 prospective groups. number samp...

This study aims to analyze drug formulations in the pharmaceutical installation at Royal Prima General Hospital Medan. The method this research is descriptive qualitative. results showed that hospital had prepared formularies, maintained formalities, supervised adherence formulary use, and proposed formulae installations. In conclusion, has carried out a installation.
 
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BACKGROUND High levels of patient adherence to antimalarial treatment are important in ensuring drug effectiveness. To achieve this goal, it is important to understand levels of patient adherence, and the range of study designs and methodological challenges involved in measuring adherence and interpreting results. Since antimalarial adherence was reviewed in 2004, there has been a major expansi...

KEY POINTS There have been significant advances in both inhalation medicines and delivery devices with "intelligent nebulisers" and "dry-powder inhalers" becoming commonplace in CF care.Inhaled medicines generate high levels of a drug within the airways with limited systemic effects, offering safe and convenient antibiotic and mucolytic therapy for individuals with CF.Variations in adherence ar...

Prescribing pattern surveys are one of the pharmacoepidemiological techniques that provide an unbiased picture of prescribing habits. Prescription surveys permit the identification of suboptimal prescribing patterns for further evaluation. The aims of this study were to determine the prescribing trend, adherence of the prescribers to the guideline, and the impact of drug expenditure on drug uti...

Background: The control of tuberculosis (TB) is founded on early case detection and complete treatment of disease. In the UK, TB is concentrated in subgroups of the population in large urban centres. The impact of homelessness, imprisonment and problem drug use on TB control in London is reviewed. Methods: A cohort study was undertaken of all patients with TB in Greater London to determine the ...

BACKGROUND The control of tuberculosis (TB) is founded on early case detection and complete treatment of disease. In the UK, TB is concentrated in subgroups of the population in large urban centres. The impact of homelessness, imprisonment and problem drug use on TB control in London is reviewed. METHODS A cohort study was undertaken of all patients with TB in Greater London to determine the ...

Active drug users with HIV infection suffer from both low utilization of, and adherence to, primary care. Combining drug treatment and primary care on-site reduces these problems significantly because it creates a social support structure; treatment program staffs can monitor patients' adherence and provide ongoing encouragement. But in the United States, only a very small minority of HIV + dru...

AIMS The study aims to examine real-world weight change and the role of medication adherence among patients with type 2 diabetes who initiated one of three drug classes: glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP4) and sulfonylureas (SUs). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cohort of patients initiating one of the three drug classes was selected from a larg...

CONTEXT Many adverse drug errors may be prevented through electronic order entry systems that provide decision support to physicians by screening prescriptions for dosing errors, drug-disease, drug-allergy and drug-drug interactions. The adherence to such decision aids is varied and the reasons for this variance not well understood. OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility and performance auto-mat...