Introduction: Patient's response to drug brand is a comprehensive physiological and psychological effect which might impact the compliance and efficacy of drugs. Whether the therapeutic outcome altered on patients with brand response after they experience drug switch is not clear. Methods: 459 outpatients with mild-to-moderate depression were divided into the imported (joint venture) drug group...

TO THE EDITOR: The paper of Dickman et al showed interesting results that patients refractory to proton pump inhibitors (PPI) showed atypical gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms, disease duration and severity, Helicobacter pylori status, and obesity. They investigated the patients’ compliance to medication, the presence of atypical GERD symptoms, and the patients’ responsiveness to ...

The compliance with treatment of 168 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma was studied. 42% of the patients missed at least some of their medication. Patients were more likely to miss doses in the middle of the day than in the morning or evening. Two factors found to improve compliance were the knowledge of the name of their eye disease and the possible ill effects of having no treatment. P...

Although the positive effect of touch on compliance has been widely found in the literature, a new evaluation has been carried out in a health setting. Four general practitioners were instructed to slightly touch (or not) their adult patients who suffered from a pharyngitis when they asked them for a verbal promise to take the prescribed antibiotic medication. One week later, patients were soli...

Patient non-compliance with therapeutic regimens in ambulatory care settings is prevalent. This study was conducted to clarify the effects of patient health beliefs and satisfaction on compliance behavior. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis for the data of 650 outpatients in 7 general hospitals indicated that self-efficacy regarding compliance behavior, perceived threat to hea...

Views of elderly patients and their relatives on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SIR—The results presented by Minors et al. that older subjects showed less day-today variation in life style as obtained from diary reports [1] correspond to findings revealed by compliance monitoring. This indirect assessment method, continuous electronic compliance monitoring, provides information about the actual...

The pattern of drug self-administration among 15 patients not compliant with their pilocarpine therapy was studied with an electronic medication monitor. Recording the date and the hour every time the medication bottle was opened, the monitor gives detailed information on the medication behaviour. The results indicate different types of medication errors; inadequate spacing of doses during the ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of inhalation device (Autohaler versus metered dose inhaler) and patients' subjective opinion towards the different devices, as well as daily frequency and duration of treatment on medication compliance. DESIGN Prospective study measuring compliance in the same patients of the Autohaler twice daily with the metered dose inhaler twice daily, as well the Autoh...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe the Medication Management Instrument for Deficiencies in the Elderly (MedMaIDE) and to provide results of reliability and validity testing. DESIGN AND METHODS Participants were 50 older adults, aged 65 and older, who lived in the community, took at least one prescription medication, and were then self-medicating. Nonmedical study staff assesse...

BACKGROUND Medication treatment compliance among bipolar patients is quite widespread. OBJECTIVES Treatment compliance depends on multiple factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predicting factors of noncompliance in patients with bipolar I disorder admitted to an Iranian hospital during a six-month follow up period. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 47 b...