Introduction. Antiepileptic drugs are effective in the treatment of epilepsy to the extent that about 70% of people with epilepsy can be seizure-free, but poor adherence to medication is major problem to sustained remission and functional restoration. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of antiepileptic drug nonadherence. Methods. Cross-sectional study was ...

OBJECTIVE Medication adherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is typically suboptimal. Nonadherence has been associated with symptom worsening and increased disability. We systematically reviewed published clinical studies to evaluate methotrexate (MTX) adherence and persistence, factors associated with MTX adherence and persistence, and the effect of MTX nonadherence on clinical ou...

BACKGROUND Adherence to acne medication is poor and is a major reason why treatment plans are ineffective. Recognizing solutions to nonadherence is critical. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to describe the hurdles associated with acne nonadherence and to provide mechanisms on how to ameliorate them. METHODS PubMed database was searched. Of the 419 search results, 29 articles were rev...

Childhood asthma is highly prevalent, affecting approximately nine million children in the United States. Negative effects of pediatric asthma are disproportionately experienced by ethnic minorities living in low-income, urban settings. Given the great diversity in families’ ways of addressing children’s asthma symptoms, sociocultural factors underlying asthma disparities must be examined. The ...

BACKGROUND Research shows that more than half of the people taking medication for a chronic condition are non-adherent. Nonadherence hinders disease control with a burden on patient quality of life and healthcare systems. We developed a tool that provides insight into nonadherence risks and barriers for medication-adherence including an intervention strategy to overcome those barriers. This stu...

A descriptive research study was conducted nonadherence and reasons of to drug regimen among schizophrenic patients at psychiatric OPD, BSMC & H, Bankura, West Bengal investigate the find out its association with selected demographic variables Bengal. Data were collected from 120 samples by simple random sampling using semi structured tool, Medication adherence rating scale (MARS) interview sch...

There is concern that the addition of ovarian function suppression to endocrine treatment premenopausal patients with breast cancer will increase nonadherence in this population. Although oral therapy was fairly high first year study, it not worse when combined therapy.