Medication adherence and persistence is recognized as a worldwide public health problem,
particularly important in the management of chronic diseases. Nonadherence to medical …

Poor adherence to treatment can have negative effects on outcomes and healthcare cost.
However, little is known about the barriers to treatment adherence within physiotherapy. The …

SAGE has been part of the global academic community since 1965, supporting high quality
research and learning that transforms society and our understanding of individuals, groups …

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

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

OBJECTIVE: Given the fluidity with which the term shared decision making (SDM) is used in
teaching, assessment and research, we conducted a focused and systematic review of …

Objective To evaluate the relation between adherence to drug therapy, including placebo,
and mortality. Design Meta-analysis of observational studies. Data sources Electronic …

Advances in psychopharmacology have produced medications with substantial efficacy in
the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and the prevention of …

About half or more of the patients with chronic psychiatric illnesses, either do not take their
medications correctly, or completely stop taking them. The problem of poor initial compliance …

Se plantea una revisión para identificar qué tests se utilizan en la valoración del
incumplimiento terapéutico, que sean aplicables, sencillos y que no requieran de un gran …