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Background. Numerous studies have been conducted with a view to developing strategies for improvement of medical compliance in patients with schizophrenia. All of the studies conducted so far have had an individual approach to compliance based on the assumption that noncompliance is determined individually due to inappropriate behavior in the patient. We conducted a pragmatic controlled trial w...

Through behavioural analysis, this study investigated the social-motivational aspects of musical interaction between the child and the therapist in improvisational music therapy by measuring emotional, motivational and interpersonal responsiveness in children with autism during joint engagement episodes. The randomized controlled study (n = 10) employed a single subject comparison design in two...

Background. Ten-day concomitant therapy achieves a high eradication rate in Taiwan. Whether shortening the duration of concomitant therapy can still keep a high eradication rate remains unclear. Aim. To assess the eradication rate of 7-day pantoprazole-containing concomitant therapy in Taiwan and to investigate factors influencing the eradication outcome. Methods. From March 2008 to March 2012,...

As in many other chronic conditions, adherence to prophylactic treatment in migraine is probably poor. In chronic diseases, compliance at one year does not exceed 50%. That could explain the low therapeutic gain seen with migraine preventive medications. It also renders difficult the evaluation of clinical trials on migraine prophylaxis since in most of these trials compliance is not properly a...

A random sample of 102 hypertensives out of a total of 347 in the Malaysian Armed Forces were studied with regard to patient education, knowledge of hypertensz'on and therapy compliance. It was found that for 53 percent, patient education was unsatisfactory and as a result 67 percent had inadequate knowledge of hypertensz·on. Adherance to therapy drug intake, wezght reduction and cessation of s...

Compliance, or adherence, is the extent to which the time history of drug administration corresponds to the prescribed regimen. Patients in hospital are generally compliant with treatment because they are provided with each dose at the relevant time. However, noncompliance is a frequent problem in the outpatient setting and can result in patients receiving inappropriate doses of medication. Pat...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether switching to insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with medication refill compliance of oral hypoglycemic agents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The PHARMO Record Linkage System was used as data source for this study. Patients with newly treated type 2 diabetes mellitus were defined as subjects in whom oral hypoglycemic therapy was in...