Assessing medication adherence: options to consider

A Lehmann, P Aslani, R Ahmed, J Celio… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Adherence to chronic therapy is a key determinant of patient health outcomes in
chronic disease. However, only about 50% of patients adhere to chronic therapy. One of the …

A scoping review of studies comparing the medication event monitoring system (MEMS) with alternative methods for measuring medication adherence

M El Alili, B Vrijens, J Demonceau… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Different methods are available for measuring medication adherence. In this paper, we
conducted a scoping review to identify and summarize evidence of all studies comparing the …

[HTML][HTML] Adherencia al tratamiento: Concepto y medición

LA López-Romero, SL Romero-Guevara… - Hacia la Promoción de …, 2016 - scielo.org.co
Objetivo: realizar una síntesis del concepto de adherencia y describir los métodos
empleados para medirla. Metodología: artículo de revisión. Se realizó una búsqueda …

How patients take malaria treatment: a systematic review of the literature on adherence to antimalarial drugs

K Bruxvoort, C Goodman, SP Kachur, D Schellenberg - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background High levels of patient adherence to antimalarial treatment are important in
ensuring drug effectiveness. To achieve this goal, it is important to understand levels of …

Adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of malaria: a systematic review of the evidence

K Banek, M Lalani, SG Staedke, D Chandramohan - Malaria journal, 2014 - Springer
Background Increasing access to and targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy
(ACT) is a key component of malaria control programmes. To maximize efficacy of ACT and …

Drug-resistant malaria: the era of ACT

JT Lin, JJ Juliano, C Wongsrichanalai - Current infectious disease reports, 2010 - Springer
As drug-resistant falciparum malaria has continued to evolve and spread worldwide,
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) have become the centerpiece of global …

Diagnostics as essential tools for containing antibacterial resistance

IN Okeke, RW Peeling, H Goossens… - Drug resistance …, 2011 - Elsevier
Antibacterial drugs are overused and often inappropriately selected. This exacerbates drug
resistance and exacts a high burden from acute respiratory tract, bloodstream, sexually …

Malaria: an update on current chemotherapy

BJ Visser, M van Vugt, MP Grobusch - Expert opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chemotherapy of malaria has become a rapidly changing field. Less than two
decades ago, treatment regimens were increasingly bound to fail due to emerging drug …

Adherence to treatment with artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in rural Malawi

KE Mace, D Mwandama, J Jafali, M Luka… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. In 2007, Malawi replaced the first-line medication for uncomplicated
malaria, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine—a single-dose regimen—with artemether-lumefantrine …

Treatment of asymptomatic carriers with artemether-lumefantrine: an opportunity to reduce the burden of malaria?

B Ogutu, AB Tiono, M Makanga, Z Premji, AD Gbadoé… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Increased investment and commitment to malaria prevention and treatment
strategies across Africa has produced impressive reductions in the incidence of this disease …