Background Despite its proven efficacy in improving symptoms and reducing exacerbations,
many patients with asthma are not fully adherent to their steroid inhaler. Suboptimal …

Adherence broadly encompasses the decisions patients make as to whether health care
advice should be initiated, as well as the degree to which the recommended health …

The wave of digital health is continuously growing and promises to transform healthcare and
optimize the patients' experience. Asthma is in the center of these digital developments, as it …

The paucity of research does not reflect the inadequacy of available treatments. Lessons
learned from the research outside of COPD and a small number of COPD studies suggest …

Background Asthma disproportionately affects low-income and minority adults. In an era of
electronic records and Internet-based digital devices, it is unknown whether portals for …

Medication nonadherence and health literacy are key factors that influence the management
of difficult-to-control asthma. Adherence, or the extent to which a patient follows a treatment …

Rationale: Lower-income patients with sarcoidosis experience worse outcomes than those
with higher incomes. The reasons for these disparities are not well understood. Objectives …

Background We sought to describe the theory used to design treatment adherence
interventions, the content delivered, and the mode of delivery of these interventions in …

PURPOSE Poor adherence to medications is more prevalent for chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) than for other chronic conditions and is associated with …

Background There is limited evidence about which composite feature of asthma self-
management strategies is the best and should be adopted into practice. Objective To …