OBJECTIVES There is evidence to suggest that noncompliant and nonpersistent behaviors have differing risk factors, clinical consequences, and responses to intervention. This has led to calls for these behaviors to be defined and measured separately to characterize medication-taking behavior comprehensively. Current prescription refill models of compliance are, however, unable to appropriately d...

BACKGROUND Lack of medication adherence is a common reason for poor control of blood pressure in the community, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of nurse-led adherence support for people with uncontrolled high blood pressure compared with usual care. METHODS We recruited 245 women and men with uncontrolled hypertension (> or = 150/90 mmHg) f...

OBJECTIVES To examine factors associated with compliance with dermatologic treatment. DESIGN Longitudinal study. Quality of life and psychological well-being were measured before the dermatologic visit with a self-completed questionnaire. Telephone interviews were performed 3 days and 4 weeks after the visit to evaluate patient satisfaction and medication adherence, respectively. SETTING Ou...

BACKGROUND Self-administration of medicines is believed to increase patients' understanding about their medication and to promote their independence and autonomy in the hospital setting. The effect of inpatient self-administration of medication (SAM) schemes on patients, staff and institutions is currently unclear. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature relating to the effect of SA...

A prominent relationship has been proposed between compliance and various factors, like the patient's individual characteristics, the illness and medication being prescribed to the patient. We compared 20 manic patients who were non compliant to medication with a control group, who were matched on the demographic variable, illness variables and the treatment prescribed. We first examined the re...

Prolonged adherence to neuroleptic medication by patients with schizophrenia involves many complex issues. These vary markedly from case to case, and poor compliance is effectively resolved only when the attitudes and behaviors of individual cases are carefully analyzed. This article describes some of the aspects that commonly contribute to deficient compliance in clinical practice, and offers ...

Mental health professionals commonly conceptualize medication management for people with severe mental illness in terms of strategies to increase compliance or adherence. The authors argue that compliance is an inadequate construct because it fails to capture the dynamic complexity of autonomous clients who must navigate decisional conflicts in learning to manage disorders over the course of ye...

our patients. In a study evaluating metered dose inhaler compliance in COPD, use of an electronic medication monitor with feedback on the accuracy of medication use improved compliance. This type of methodology could be used to improve adherence in COPD outside a clinical trial. Clearly, further research is needed to better understand the factors driving the phenomenon of improved outcomes in a...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2016;5(S1) tau.amegroups.com medication via smartphone apps. Conclusions: our study demonstrated the smartphonebased medication management may be able to be an effective intervention to improve the living donor renal transplantation patients’ compliance. Most recipients were willing to adopt smartphone-based post-op...

OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to determine medication compliance rates and dyslipidemia control in a patient population receiving simvastatin or atorvastatin (statins) in a unique staff-model health maintenance organization (HMO). The secondary objective of this study was to measure the effect of gender and statin regimen on the success rate of dylipidemia control and medica...