Background: In pharmacotherapy, the achievement of a target clinical outcome requires a
certain level of medication intake or adherence. Based on Haynes's early empirical …

Background Adherence to chronic therapy is a key determinant of patient health outcomes in
chronic disease. However, only about 50% of patients adhere to chronic therapy. One of the …

Introduction: Medication adherence continues to be a significant challenge in healthcare,
and there is a shortage of effective interventions in this area. This scoping review studied the …

Purpose: A number of potential determinants of medication non-adherence have been
described so far. However, the heterogenic quality of existing publications poses the need …

Medication adherence is a well-recognized problem in the management of patients with
chronic diseases needing a long-term pharmacotherapy. While fighting against non …

Background: Medication adherence is the process by which patients take their medication
as prescribed and is an umbrella term that encompasses all aspects of medication use …

WHO reported that adherence among patients with chronic diseases averages only 50% in
developed countries. This is recognized as a significant public health issue, since …

Suboptimal adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major contributor to poor blood
pressure control. Several methods, direct or indirect, are available for measuring adherence …

Background A broad literature base exists for measuring medication adherence to
monotherapeutic regimens, but publications are less extensive for measuring adherence to …

Introduction: Despite much research, interventions to improve medication adherence report
disappointing and inconsistent results. Tailored approaches that match interventions and …