Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications …

Background Non-adherence to medications is prevalent across all medical conditions that
include ambulatory pharmacotherapy and is thus a major barrier to achieving the benefits of …

Background Patients 80 years or older are underrepresented in scientific studies. The
objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interventions performed by …

Satisfactory adherence to aptly prescribed medications is essential for good outcomes of
patient care and reliable evaluation of competing modes of drug treatment. The measure of …

Background: Health literacy presents an enormous challenge in the delivery of effective
healthcare and quality outcomes. We evaluated the impact of low health literacy (LHL) on …

Background Nowadays, heart failure (HF) related morbidity and mortality rate is increasing
globally. Younger populations happen to be more affected by HF in sub-Saharan African …

Background Despite advances in treatment, the increasing and ageing population makes
heart failure an important cause of morbidity and death worldwide. It is associated with high …

Background Older people taking multiple medications represent a large and growing
proportion of the population. Managing multiple medications can be challenging, and this is …

Importance Medication nonadherence, which has been estimated to affect 28% to 31% of
US patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, may be improved by electronic …

Background The roles of pharmacists in patient care have expanded from the traditional
tasks of dispensing medications and providing basic medication counseling to working with …