Medication adherence measures: an overview

WY Lam, P Fresco - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Assessing medication adherence: options to consider

A Lehmann, P Aslani, R Ahmed, J Celio… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
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 …

Selection of a validated scale for measuring medication adherence

SM Lavsa, A Holzworth, NT Ansani - Journal of the American Pharmacists …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate literature describing medication adherence surveys/scales to gauge
patient behaviors at the point of care. Data sources Literature was identified via PubMed and …

What are validated self‐report adherence scales really measuring?: a systematic review

TMU Nguyen, AL Caze, N Cottrell - British journal of clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Medication non‐adherence is a significant health problem. There are numerous
methods for measuring adherence, but no single method performs well on all criteria. The …

Accuracy of a screening tool for medication adherence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8

SJ Moon, WY Lee, JS Hwang, YP Hong, DE Morisky - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background This systematic review examined the reliability and validity of the Morisky
Medication Adherence Scale-8 (MMAS-8), which has been widely used to assess patient …

Proposal of standardization to assess adherence with medication records: methodology matters

I Arnet, MJ Kooij, M Messerli… - Annals of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Improving the assessment of medication adherence: challenges and considerations with a focus on low-resource settings

S Basu, S Garg, N Sharma, MM Singh - Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Improving patient survival and quality of life in chronic diseases requires prolonged and
often lifelong medication intake. Less than half of patients with chronic diseases globally are …

Interventions to improve medication adherence: a review

V Kini, PM Ho - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Among adults with chronic illness, 30% to 50% of medications are not taken as
prescribed. In the United States, it is estimated that medication nonadherence is associated …

Evaluating medication adherence: which measure is right for your program?

KA Fairman, B Motheral - Journal of managed care pharmacy, 2000 - jmcp.org
OBJECTIVE:, Medication-adherence pro-grams are increasingly important to managed care
organizations. This review discusses the strengths and limitations of medication-adherence …

A systematic review of medication adherence thresholds dependent of clinical outcomes

PC Baumgartner, RB Haynes… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
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 …