A Systematic Review of Medication Adherence Thresholds Dependent of Clinical Outcomes
Background: In pharmacotherapy, the achievement of a target clinical outcome requires a certain level of medication intake or adherence. Based on Haynes's early empirical definition of sufficient adherence to antihypertensive medications as taking ≥80 ...
Pascal C. Baumgartner +3 more
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Background: Medication non-adherence jeopardises the effectiveness of chronic therapies and negatively affects financial sustainability of healthcare systems.
Przemysław Kardas +18 more
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Adherence to adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal breast cancer patients: A review [PDF]
This is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2012 John Wiley & Sons, IncThis review aimed to address the concept of adherence to adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal women.
Banning, M
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Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Self-Medication Assessment Tool (SMAT) for assessing and optimizing medication therapy management of older people [PDF]
Background, rationale and objectives: The assessment of medication management ability in the elderly can be performed using specific tools, such as the Self-Medication Assessment Tool, which considers real and simulated regimens.
Advinha, Ana Margarida +5 more
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Assessment of medication adherence in chronic diseases
Majority of people with chronic diseases have poor adherence to their therapeutic regimen. It can result in various complications physialogically with undesirable metabolic conditions. The main objective of this study is to assess the level of satisfaction attained after medication in comorbidities (either having diabetes only or having hypertension ...
null Nikhitha K +3 more
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Depression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: associations with hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and poor treatment adherence. [PDF]
BackgroundWe hypothesize that depression in type 2 diabetes might be associated with poor glycemic control, in part due to suboptimal self-care. We tested this hypothesis by examining the associations of depression with clinical and laboratory findings ...
Chan, Juliana Cn +15 more
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Background: Medication adherence measures are often dichotomized to classify patients into those with good or poor adherence using a cut-off value ⩾80%, but this cut-off may not be universal across diseases or medication classes.
Ming Tsuey Lim +7 more
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Impossibility to eliminate observer effect in the assessment of adherence in clinical trials. [PDF]
PURPOSE: To utilize the Travoprost Dosing Aid (DA) in the assessment of patient medication adherence, while also determining whether or not altering the functionality of the DA in three randomized subject groups can reduce observer effect. METHODS: Forty-
Fintelmann, Robert E. +6 more
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Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV Infected Children Measured by Caretaker Report, Medication Return, and Drug Level in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]
Adherence to antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of paediatric HIV infection is complicated because of many factors including stigma and drug intake logistics.
A Elise +24 more
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Patient-Centered Prescription Model to improve therapeutic adherence in patients with multimorbidity [PDF]
To date, interventions to improve medication adherence in patients with multimorbidity have shown modest and inconsistent efficacy among available studies.
Javier González-Bueno +5 more
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