Background. Nonadherence to medication is a common problem after kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes towards medication, adherence, and the relationship with clinical outcomes. Method. Kidney recipients participated in a Q-methodological study 6 weeks after transplantation. As a measure of medication adherence, respondents completed the Basel Assessment of Adh...

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...

Adherence to fluid restrictions and dietary and medication guidelines as well as attendance at prescribed hemodialysis sessions of a hemodialysis regimen are essential for adequate management of end-stage renal disease. A literature review was conducted to determine the prevalence and consequences of nonadherence to the different aspects of a hemodialysis regimen and the methodological obstacle...

AIM To explore and analyze perceptions of service users and caregivers on adherence and nonadherence to medication in a mental health care context. BACKGROUND Mental health medication adherence is considered problematic and legal coercion exists in many countries. DESIGN This was a qualitative study aiming to explore perceptions of medication adherence from the perspective of the service us...

BACKGROUND Adherence to medication is low in specific populations who need chronic medication. However, adherence to medication is also of interest in a more general fashion, independent of specific populations or side effects of particular drugs. If clinicians and researchers expect patients to show close to full adherence, it is relevant to know how likely the achievement of this goal is. Pop...

THE PROBLEM Nonadherence to prescription medications is a common and costly problem with multiple contributing factors, spanning the dimensions of individual behavior change, psychology, medicine, and health policy, among others. Addressing the problem of medication nonadherence requires strategic input from key experts in a number of fields. MEETING OF EXPERTS The Medication Adherence Allian...

BACKGROUND Significant gaps in quality pervade U.S. health care, leading to suboptimal care and rising costs. One key factor driving the apparent quality gaps and rising costs in the current health care system is the issue of nonadherence to prescription medications. OBJECTIVE To describe quality gaps in managed care that are driven by nonadherence to prescription medications and characterize...

BACKGROUND Medication nonadherence rates are high. The factors predicting nonadherence in heart failure remain unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS A sample of 202 adults with heart failure was enrolled from the northeastern United States and followed for 6 months. Specific aims were to describe the types of objectively measured medication adherence (eg, taking, timing, dosing, drug holidays) and to ...

Medication nonadherence is a pervasive medical problem that is common among patients with chronic disease generally and type 2 diabetes in particular. There are two types of nonadherence (i) unintentional nonadherence and (ii) intentional nonadherence. To evaluate medication adherence in type 2 diabetes patients, determine the outcome of the therapeutic management in the level of blood glucose....

This study examines the concerns and beliefs about medication reported by patients with nonmalignant chronic pain encountered within general practice. Two hundred thirty-nine patients with chronic pain took part in this research. Patients completed the Pain Medication Attitudes Questionnaire, a measure of patient concerns and beliefs relating to addiction, withdrawal, side effects, mistrust in ...