Understanding patient adherence to inhaled medication: The social representations of COPD
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Understanding patient adherence to inhaled medication: The social representations of COPD.
Adherence to medication is a complex phenomenon that may vary in form and intentionality. In COPD, as in many chronic diseases, poor adherence behaviors are a well-known factor of therapeutic failure. The patients’ understanding of their disease and therapy are constructs based on social and cultural factors, and health-related beliefs will influence the patient adherence to therapy. In the eva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2173-5115
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2017.07.008