BACKGROUND High adherence to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) reported in observational studies has frequently been attributed to improved tolerability. However, these agents are also relatively new to the market compared to other antihypertensive medications. We aimed to determine if an association exists between adherence and market ava...

OBJECTIVE To determine the degree of dietary adherence or change in eating patterns, and demographic, psychosocial and study characteristics associated with adherence, in the Comparing Healthy Options in Cooking and Eating (CHOICE) Study. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial where women were randomized to one of three eating patterns: (i) Whole Foods, plant-based, macrobiotic-style (n 22); and ...

BACKGROUND Dietary habits in Morocco are changing and the causes are not well understood. This study aimed to analyse socio-demographic factors associated with adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MeDi) in a national random sample of the adult Moroccan population. METHODS The data collected in this cross-sectional survey included socio-demographic factors and a food frequency questionnaire. M...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has reached epidemic proportions. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at high risk for T2DM after pregnancy. Adherence to healthful dietary patterns has been inversely associated with T2DM in the general population; however, whether these dietary patterns are associated with progression to T2DM among a susceptible population is unknown. ...

objective: we aimed to describe psychiatrists' attributions on non-compliance related issues resulting in re-hospitalizations of psychiatric patients. method: in a cross sectional study, we included 500 randomly selected psychiatric readmitted patients and registered their demographic data (including age, sex, job, marital status, and educational level), and psychiatric clinical data including ...

The aim of the present work was to assess the prevalence of the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) in Balearic Islands adolescents, and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors that might determine adherence to the MDP. A cross-sectional nutritional survey was carried out in the Balearic Islands between 2007 and 2008. A random sample (n 1231) of the adolescent population (12-17 years old) was i...

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is defined by resistance to isoniazid, rifampicin, any fluoroquinolone and at least one of the three second line injectable drugs, such as amikacin. Drug toxicity and duration impair adherence to treatment and outcome is rather poor [1]. We report on a particularly challenging XDR-TB patient with persistent non-adherence to treatment and an exc...

BACKGROUND Poor adherence to prescribed therapy among patients with chronic diseases is a growing concern which undermines the benefits of current medical care. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the pattern of treatment non-adherence among ambulatory patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in southwestern Nigeria, and to determine the possible factor(s) that accounted for such non-adherence with...

OBJECTIVE To explore predictors of adherence in adult orthodontic patients as reported by orthodontists in the UK. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-three orthodontists (47% female and 53% male) from the UK with approximately 15 years of experience each (M  =  14.7; SD  =  1.73) completed a questionnaire regarding the importance they give to a number of factors signaled in the literature as adequa...