asthma is one of the most common chronic inflammatory disorders in children. nonadherence to medical therapy is a major cause of poor clinical outcome the objective of this study was evaluating factors, which are resulted in nonadherence to medical therapy in children with asthma. in  this  descriptive study, 150 children with asthma  and  nonadherent  to  medication therapy were enrolled. gene...

Compliance, or adherence, is the extent to which the time history of drug administration corresponds to the prescribed regimen. Patients in hospital are generally compliant with treatment because they are provided with each dose at the relevant time. However, noncompliance is a frequent problem in the outpatient setting and can result in patients receiving inappropriate doses of medication. Pat...

Purpose Breast fibrosis is a common late effect after therapeutic irradiation that can result in pain, poor cosmesis, and functional impairment. Randomized trials have demonstrated that radiation fibrosis may be preventable with a medication regimen of pentoxifylline and vitamin E. This study investigates patient compliance with pentoxifylline therapy while examining possible correlations to co...

background helicobacter pylori is the main pathogenic factor for chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. therefore, its successful eradication is important in the disease management. multiple first-line treatments have been employed; the eradication rates in the most successful regimens have been 75%-92%. primary bacterial resistance to antibiotics and patient compliance are two main cause ...

In order to derive maximum benefit from antihypertensive drugs, treatment must be taken regularly, usually for life, and besides taking drugs the patient must be assessed regularly. As in other chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and epilepsy, compliance with the therapeutic regimen is essential for successful control. The purpose of the present study was to determine the influence of c...

BACKGROUND This research offers two exploratory frameworks, one for medical regimen compliance and one for medical immediacy. The first classifies compliance awareness, compliance mitigation, and financial limitation for those patients that exhibit nonadherence with a medical regimen. The second classifies medical immediacy and characterizes avoidable utilization. METHODS Representative sampl...

Treatment of tuberculosis: A 6-month regimen consisting of isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide given for 2 months followed by isoniazid and rifampin for 4 months is effective treatment in patients with fully susceptible organisms who comply with the treatment regimen. It may be advisable to include ethambutol in the initial phase when isoniazid resistance is suspected. A 9-month regimen consi...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Quadruple therapy is recommended as second-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori eradication failure. However, high cost, multiple side effects, and low adherence rates are major drawbacks to its routine use. Our aim was to compare the efficacy and safety of sequential versus quadruple regimens as second line treatment for persistent Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS...