OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate self-reported adherence in adult patients with epilepsy in China who had missed taking their antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) at least once and (2) to determine why patients were not adherent to their medication to employ interventions targeted at barriers to adherence. METHODS A questionnaire was used to collect the patients' demographi...

A quantitative semantics for infinite timed words in timed automata based on the frequency of a run is introduced in [BBBS11]. Unfortunately, most of the results are obtained only for one-clock timed automata because the techniques do not allow to deal with some phenomenon of convergence between clocks. On the other hand, the notion of forgetful cycle is introduced in [BA11], in the context of ...

Background Compliance to antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of complications. It is important to understand the factors affecting compliance in patients so that the goal of successful treatment is not jeopardized. Objectives To determine the proportion of participants' compliant to treatment and various factors associated with compliance of antihypertensive treatment. Settings and De...

The aim of Personalized Adaptive Scheduling System is not only to maximize learning, but also to minimize the tendency to forget. Empirical studies from psychology and cognitive theory of memory indicate that repetition with gradually increasing spacing interval is necessary to promote optimal long-term retention. While all individuals differ in their capacity to learn and retain information, t...

Objective To assess the patient's knowledge and awareness about hypertension and adherence to antihypertensive medication among hypertensive patients with validated Morisky questionnaires in a tertiary care centre of northern Sri Lanka. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive comparative study was carried out at Teaching Hospital Jaffna, from January 2017 to April 2017. Hypertensive patients we...

BACKGROUND Text messages can improve medication adherence and outcomes in several conditions. For this study, experts developed text messages addressing determinants of medication adherence: disease beliefs, medication necessity, medication concerns, and forgetfulness, as well as positive reinforcement messages for patients who were adherent. OBJECTIVES To validate expert-developed text messa...

BACKGROUND Medication adherence is vital to ensuring optimal patient outcomes, particularly amongst multimorbid older people prescribed multiple medications. Interventions targeting adherence often lack a theoretical underpinning and this may impact on effectiveness. The theoretical domains framework (TDF) of behaviour can aid intervention development by systematically identifying key determina...