Background. Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment efficacy among HIV patients is limited by poor treatment adherence and tolerance, but few studies have examined the psychosocial determinants of treatment adherence and outcomes. Methods. Chart abstracted and survey data were collected on 72 HIV patients who had received pegylated interferon and ribavirin to assess correlates of treatment adherence, compl...

BACKGROUND Poor treatment adherence is common among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This survey evaluated neurologists' perception of treatment adherence among MS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This questionnaire-based survey of Belgian neurologists treating MS patients was conducted between June and July 2014. Face-to-face interviews with the neurologists were based on a semistructur...

Background: Identify factors affecting medication adherence is effective in the planning of patient care, education and follow-up of heart failure patients. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between type D personality and medication adherence in patients with systolic heart failure was performed. Methods: This was a descriptive -correlational study . 100 patients with systolic he...

Reducing the rate of re-hospitalization among heart failure (HF) patients is a major public health challenge. Treatment non-adherence is a crucial factor shown to trigger re-hospitalization. This study describes treatment adherence and explores the predictive ability of education, knowledge, depression and nurse support on treatment adherence among adult Vietnamese HF patients. Convenience samp...

INTRODUCTION Treatment adherence plays a large role in chronic dermatologic diseases and may play an important role in the outcomes of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). We sought to gauge what is currently known about adherence to topical and oral medications in patients with CLE. METHODS A review of MEDLINE was performed using a combination of the phrases "adherence", "compl...

Poor adherence to treatment is commonplace and may adversely affect outcomes, efficiency and healthcare cost. The aim of this systematic review was to identify strategies to improve adherence with musculoskeletal outpatient treatment. Five suitable studies were identified which provided moderate evidence that a motivational cognitive-behavioural (CB) programme can improve attendance at exercise...

The objective was to investigate adherence measured by an electronic auto-injector device, and self-reported adherence and treatment convenience in subjects with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), using an electronic auto-injector Rebismart® to self-inject interferon β-1a. Thirty one patients with RRMS using the electronic auto-injector Rebismart® for self-injecting interferon β-1a ...