INTRODUCTION Patient adherence to a medication regimen is usually expressed as an adherence rate, defined as the proportion of prescribed doses actually taken. An adherence rate threshold, above which the therapeutic effect is maintained, is typically assigned an arbitrary value, commonly 0.8. OBJECTIVE Here, we determined the value of the adherence rate threshold objectively in different dru...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led educational interview in terms of adherence to antiepileptic drug administration among adult patients with epilepsy. METHOD Sixty adult patients with epilepsy who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were recruited. A pharmacist-led educational interview was conducted with the intervention group (n=30). Patients in the control group (n=30)...

Objectives Treatment adherence is crucial to the success of a management plan. The objectives of this study are (i) to assess medication adherence in patients with chronic diseases, (ii) to assess if physicians correctly perceive medication adherence among said patients, and (iii) to investigate the factors associated with low drug adherence. Materials & methods This observational cross-section...

Medication nonadherence is a public health epidemic. Numerous studies evaluating a wide variety of drugs and conducted in varied healthcare settings have described the consistent nature of this problem.1 Hypertension is no exception: Almost half of patients become nonadherent to their antihypertensive medication within 1 year of initiating therapy.2 Although difficult to quantify precisely,3 th...

Aim . To identify risk factors for low adherence and develop a scale its pre­diction. evaluate the association of predictive score with actual according to 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, self-drug withdrawal, adverse outcomes in patients atrial fibrillation (AF). Material methods The study included AF high thromboembolic events CHA2DS2-VASc scale, who were hospitalized from January ...

Background. Adherence is the strongest predictor of successful treatment outcome among children infected with HIV. Our aim was to assess the antiretroviral drugs adherence status of HIV-infected children attending care at a tertiary hospital in Southeastern Nigeria. Method. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 210 HIV-infected children attending care at a tertiary hospital in Southeas...

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of modifying drug-taking control using digital communication media on Tuberculosis survivors. The research method used is a literature review by searching five databases. Namely, Google Scholar, Clinical Key, EbscoHost, and Pubmed, keywords "Tuberculosis," "adherence," "internet", "Smartphone," "Directly Observed." results found that monitoring for t...

Major advances in drug development have led to the introduction of biologic disease- modifying drugs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, which has resulted in unprecedented improvement in outcomes for many patients. These agents have been found to be effective in reducing clinical signs and symptoms, improving radiological damage, quality of life, and functionality, and have also been fo...

Medication adherence is crucial for success in the management of patients with chronic conditions. This study analyzes whether a mobile application on a tablet aimed at supporting drug intake and vital sign parameter documentation affects adherence in elderly patients.Patients with coronary heart disease and no prior knowledge of tablet computers were recruited. They received a personal introdu...