Objectives: To review studies of patient compliance/persistence with cardiovascular or
antidiabetic medication published since the year 2000; to compare the methods used to …

Objective: To assess suitability and comparability of the most common methods of treatment
adherence and persistence assessment, as applied to the same pharmacy dataset …

Background Suboptimal adherence to antihypertensives leads to adverse clinical outcomes.
This study aims to determine and compare medication adherence and persistence to …

The objective of this paper was to review the adherence and persistence rates of major
antidiabetic medication classes (ie, metformin, sulfonylureas, sodium glucose cotransporter …

An estimated 71 million individuals in the United States are currently diagnosed with
cardiovascular disease (CVD). If untreated, CVD conditions such as systemic hypertension …

Abstract Background: Many cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) require patients to take one or
more long term medications, often administered multiple times a day. We sought to …

Low compliance to prescribed medical interventions is an ever present and complex
problem, especially for patients with a chronic illness. With increasing numbers of …

The MEDLINE database was searched from 1972 to June 2002 to identify studies of
interventions designed to improve compliance with antihypertensive or lipid‐lowering …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study is to provide guidance regarding the meaning and use of
the terms “compliance” and “persistence” as they relate to the study of medication use …

BACKGROUND: Nonadherence to cardiovascular medications is a significant public health
problem. This randomized study evaluated the effect on medication adherence of linking …