Societal and personal burden associated with nonadherence to provider prescribed antihypertensive regimen challenges both patient and providers to explore methods to improve adherence. Nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy severely underscores the efficacy of treatment making it a serious issue in population health both from the quality of life and from health economics standpoint. In this q...

This study investigated relationships between demographic and medical variables, attitudes, perceived beliefs of others, coping methods and adherence to the regimen (diet, medications, activity, smoking and stress modification) of 30 controlled and 30 uncontrolled American Indian diabetics. At the time of the clinic visit, subjects completed a coping scale, Miller Attitude Scale, regimen adhere...

The use of Combination AntiRetroviral Therapy (cART) has decreased the morbidity and mortality of patients infected with HIV. However, adherence to cART remains crucial to prevent virological failure and disease progression. The aim of this study was to assess adherence to treatment among patients treated with Single Tablet Regimen (STR) or with multi-pill regimens based on Protease Inhibitors ...

Background Treatment options among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected children are limited as only a few Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) are approved worldwide for paediatric use. Among children, frequent changes in HAART regimen can rapidly exhaust treatment options, and information addressing this issue is scarce. Objective The aim of the study was to determine factors...

Non-adherence to the therapeutic regimen is an increasingly growing problem especially among patients undergoing hemodialysis. The aim of this study was to modify the Greek version of Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (GR-SMAQ) for patients undergoing hemodialysis (GR-SMAQ-HD) and explore its validity and reliability. Between June 2016 and November 2016 a group of patients undergoin...

background: despite the importance of patients’ adherence to their drug treatments for achieving desired therapeutic goals and the proven role 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a inhibitors (statins) for the health status of patients with cardiovascular diseases, there is not enough information regarding diabetic patients’ adherence to statin therapy in developing countries. in this clinical ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of patient characteristics and health beliefs on their medication adherence. METHODS Patients (n=167) with chronic conditions (mean age 58.9; SD=13.54, 53% males) were recruited from March 2009- to March 2010 using a cross sectional study design. Data collected included patients' demographics, medical conditions, medications therapeutic regimen, frequency of ph...

OBJECTIVE The relationships among hope, perceived maternal empathy, medical regimen adherence, and glycemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes were examined. METHOD Twenty-nine girls and 21 boys with type 1 diabetes completed measures of hope, perceived maternal empathy, and medical regimen adherence. Each participant's most recent hemoglobin A1c, a measure of glycemic control, was o...

Medical non-adherence increasingly is recognized as a major medical health problem. Approximately 50% of patients do not take their medications as prescribed and such poor adherence has been shown to result in complications, death, and increased health care costs [1, 2, 5]. This problem becomes even more significant for patients with chronic illness and those who need to take medications lifeti...