Interventions to Enhance Medication Adherence in Chronic Medical Conditions

Interventions to enhance medication adherence in chronic medical conditions: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND Approximately 20% to 50% of patients are not adherent to medical therapy. This review was performed to summarize, categorize, and estimate the effect size (ES) of interventions to improve medication adherence in chronic medical conditions. METHODS Randomized controlled trials published from January 1967 to September 2004 were eligible if they described 1 or more unconfounded interv...

Interventions to enhance patient adherence to medication prescriptions: scientific review.

CONTEXT Low adherence with prescribed treatments is ubiquitous and undermines treatment benefits. OBJECTIVE To systematically review published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions to assist patients' adherence to prescribed medications. DATA SOURCES A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PSYCHLIT, SOCIOFILE, IPA, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library databases, and bibliographies was performed...

A systematic review of interventions to enhance medication adherence in children and adolescents with chronic illness

A systematic review of interventions to enhance medication adherence in children and adolescents with chronic illness.

INTRODUCTION Poor medication adherence is common in children and adolescents with chronic illness, but there is uncertainty about the best way to enhance medication adherence in this group. The authors conducted a systematic review of controlled trials examining interventions that aim to improve medication adherence. METHOD A comprehensive literature search was undertaken to locate controlled...

Interventions to improve medication adherence in schizophrenia.

OBJECTIVE Although nonadherence with the antipsychotic medication regimen is a common barrier to the effective treatment for schizophrenia, knowledge is limited about how to improve medication adherence. This systematic literature review examined psychosocial interventions for improving medication adherence, focusing on promising initiatives, reasonable standards for conducting research in this...