background: despite the importance of patients’ adherence to their drug treatments for achieving desired therapeutic goals and the proven role 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a inhibitors (statins) for the health status of patients with cardiovascular diseases, there is not enough information regarding diabetic patients’ adherence to statin therapy in developing countries. in this clinical ...

the purpose of this study was to determine the adherence to oral hypoglycemic medications and associated factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who were referred to the isfahan endocrinology and metabolism research centre (iemrc). convenience sampling was used to enroll 248 patients with type 2 diabetes in a prospective study at iemrc from january 2007 to january 2008. patients had to be ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the adherence to oral hypoglycemic medications and associated factors in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients who were referred to the Isfahan Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre (IEMRC). Convenience sampling was used to enroll 248 patients with type 2 diabetes in a prospective study at IEMRC from January 2007 to January 2008. Patients had to be ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the adherence to oral hypoglycemic medications and associated factors in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients who were referred to the Isfahan Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre (IEMRC). Convenience sampling was used to enroll 248 patients with type 2 diabetes in a prospective study at IEMRC from January 2007 to January 2008. Patients had to be ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate a practical method to assess adherence to antiretroviral therapy by observing virological and immunological responses. We conducted a 12-month longitudinal cohort study of 162 HIV-infected Thai children. Adherence was assessed using 5 methods (self reporting calendar, records of missed doses, pill counts, physician assessment, and an interview questio...

Adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is very crucial for successful treatment outcomes. This study aimed to validate patient-self report (PSR) and hospital based pill count (HoPC) as adherence determination methods by using unannounced home visit pill count (HPC). The study was carried out at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and 215 patients purposively selected were...

BACKGROUND The most common factor associated with poor control of hypertension is treatment nonadherence to antihypertensive drug therapy.  OBJECTIVE To measure drug nonadherence and associated factors in pharmacologically treated hypertensive patients. METHODS A prospective observational study was carried out from March 2007 to August 2009 at a community pharmacy in Spain. A pharmacist inv...

The impact of pill organizers on pill taking was determined in the Trial of Antioxidant Vitamins C and E (TRACE) Study, a factorial trial of vitamin C and vitamin E supplementation in 184 individuals. Participants were recruited in 1996–1997 and randomized to one of two groups (pill organizer or no organizer) and to one of four supplement groups for 2 months. The pill count (observed/expected X...

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease, so non-adherence to treatment will result in failure, risk of death, and cause more patients become resistant. This study aims determine the relationship between characteristics pulmonary outpatients on level medication adherence Sawit Seberang Public Health Center. research was conducted with a cross sectional survey method. The instrument used ...

Penyakit tuberkulosis menjadi salah satu kasus kematian tertinggi sehingga perlu perhatian khusus dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanggulangannya agar menghentikan penularan. Kepatuhan meminum obat merupakan faktor penting keberhasilan pengobatan tuberculosis (TB), mengurangi resiko gagal atau kuman mycobacterium resisten terhadap (Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk...