ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart …

Authors/Task Force Members, K Dickstein… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
ESC Guidelines 2389 disclosure forms are kept on file at the European Heart House,
headquarters of the ESC. Any changes in conflict of interest that arise during the writing …

The significance of compliance and persistence in the treatment of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia: a review

JA Cramer, A Benedict, N Muszbek… - … journal of clinical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To review studies of patient compliance/persistence with cardiovascular or
antidiabetic medication published since the year 2000; to compare the methods used to …

Non‐compliance in patients with heart failure; how can we manage it?

MHL van der Wal, T Jaarsma… - European journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Because of the improvement of the pharmacological and non‐pharmacological
treatment in heart failure (HF) patients, the HF related therapeutic regimen is becoming more …

Relationship between psychosocial variables and compliance in patients with heart failure

LS Evangelista, J Berg, K Dracup - Heart & Lung, 2001 - Elsevier
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the socio-demographic, psychosocial,
and social support variables that predict compliance to treatment regimens in HF patients …

Medication adherence in patients who have heart failure: a review of the literature

JR Wu, DK Moser, TA Lennie, PV Burkhart - Nursing Clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier
Data indicate that nonadherence plays a major role in preventable rehospitalizations. The
first step to improving adherence is determining the affecting factor. This article critically …

Predictors of medication adherence using a multidimensional adherence model in patients with heart failure

JR Wu, DK Moser, ML Chung, TA Lennie - Journal of cardiac failure, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence in heart failure (HF) is a crucial but poorly
understood phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to explore factors contributing to …

Compliance behaviors of elderly patients with advanced heart failure

LS Evangelista, LV Doering, K Dracup… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Although compliance behaviors of heart failure (HF) patients have become the focus of
increasing scrutiny in the last decade, the prevalence of noncompliance among elderly …

Cognitive function and treatment adherence in older adults with heart failure

ML Alosco, MB Spitznagel, M van Dulmen… - Psychosomatic …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective Treatment recommendation and guidelines for patients with heart failure (HF) can
be complex, and past work has shown that patients with HF demonstrate low rates of …

What do we know about adherence and self-care?

LS Evangelista, MA Shinnick - Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Despite advances in healthcare, heart failure patients continue to experience complications
that could have been prevented or treated. This occurs because the only way that a …

Contracts between patients and healthcare practitioners for improving patients' adherence to treatment, prevention and health promotion activities

X Bosch‐Capblanch, K Abba… - Cochrane Database …, 2007 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Contracts are a verbal or written agreement that a patient makes with
themselves, with healthcare practitioners, or with carers, where participants commit to a set …