BACKGROUND High levels of patient adherence to antimalarial treatment are important in ensuring drug effectiveness. To achieve this goal, it is important to understand levels of patient adherence, and the range of study designs and methodological challenges involved in measuring adherence and interpreting results. Since antimalarial adherence was reviewed in 2004, there has been a major expansi...

Due to the success of antiretroviral (ART) medications, young people living with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV+) are now surviving into adolescence and young adulthood. Understanding factors influencing ART non-adherence in this group is important in developing effective adherence interventions. Most studies of ART adherence in HIV-positive populations assess differences in adherence levels an...

this systematic review intended to combine factors associated with tuberculosis treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up among tb patients with/without hiv in developing countries. comprehensive remote electronic databases (medline, (pmc, pub med central), google scholar and web of science) search was conducted using the following keywords: tuberculosis, treatment, compliance, adherence, d...

background: hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases. nutritional methods are considered as major tools in lifestyle modification for lowering blood pressure. the present study was conducted to determine the level of dietary adherence in hypertensive patients. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2015, on hypertensive patients who were referred to heart clinic of s...

This study aims to determine the pattern of hypertension therapy, effectiveness monotherapy and combination relationship between patient characteristics therapy with in Prolanis patients Banyumas, used a descriptive analytic design. Data were collected retrospectively for 4 months 1 month prospectively. The population this was all hypertensive participating at 12 health centers Banyumas. Sampli...