Background Patients' beliefs about treatment influence treatment engagement and
adherence. The Necessity-Concerns Framework postulates that adherence is influenced by …

This article reviews recent literature in chronic illness or long-term health management
including asthma, contraception, diabetes, HIV disease, and hypertension/cardiovascular …

Background: Hypertension is a major health problem in developing and developed
countries, and its increasing epidemy is a serious warning to take more attention to this …

Objectives This review sought to identify the empirical evidence for the application of models
from sociocognitive theory, self-regulation theory, and social support theory at predicting …

Objective This meta-analysis investigated whether beliefs in the necessity and concerns of
medicine and the necessity–concerns differential are correlated with medication adherence …

The referral letter was brief and to the point:'This 81-year-old lady's heart failure is getting
worse, with increasing peripheral oedema, despite maximal doses of a wide range of …

Background: Medication nonadherence has a significant impact on the health and wellbeing
of individuals with chronic disease. Several mobile medication management applications …

OBJECTIVE: Despite the importance of the chronic use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in
maintaining asthma control, reported adherence varies between 40% and 60%. The Beliefs …

Data indicate that nonadherence plays a major role in preventable rehospitalizations. The
first step to improving adherence is determining the affecting factor. This article critically …

Objective Psychological distress has been associated with poor outcomes in patients with
chronic heart failure (HF), which is assumed to be partly due to poor HF self-care behavior …