Guideline-based management of asthma focuses on disease severity and choosing the
appropriate medical therapy to control symptoms and reduce the risk of exacerbations …

Background Chronic diseases are increasing worldwide and have become a significant
burden to those affected by those diseases. Disease-specific education programs have …

Control theory and other frameworks for understanding self-regulation suggest that
monitoring goal progress is a crucial process that intervenes between setting and attaining a …

Background: Suboptimum medication adherence is common in the United States and leads
to serious negative health consequences but may respond to intervention. Purpose: To …

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

Suboptimal adherence to pharmacological treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) has adverse effects on disease control and treatment costs. The …

Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications …

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

Background Non-adherence to medications is prevalent across all medical conditions that
include ambulatory pharmacotherapy and is thus a major barrier to achieving the benefits of …

To develop recommendations for the management of medium to high-dose (ie,> 7.5 mg
but≤ 100 mg prednisone equivalent daily) systemic glucocorticoid (GC) therapy in …