Patient Medication Adherence: Measures in Daily Practice
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Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success. Failure to adherence is a serious problem which not only affects the patient but also the health care system. Medication non adherence in patients leads to substantial worsening of disease, death and increased health care costs. A variety of factors are likely to affect adherence. Barriers to adherence could be addressed as patient, provider and health system factors, with interactions among them. Identifying specific barriers for each patient and adopting suitable techniques to overcome them will be necessary to improve medication adherence. Health care professionals such as physicians, pharmacists and nurses have significant role in their daily practice to improve patient medication adherence.
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In children, adherence to drug therapy is affected by their dependence on an adult caregiver.
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When medication is to be taken over a long period, adherence drops substantially for both prevention and cure.
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A greater degree of adherence to medication is associated with effective therapeutic regimens for cure, compared to treatments aimed at prevention.
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- Authors
- Jimmy, B., & Jose, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Nizwa (OM)
- Venue
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Journal
- Published
- 2011-05
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 155-159
- ISSN
- 1999-768X (ISSN-L)
- 2070-5204
- PMC
- PMC3191684
- OpenAlex
- W2135785083
- Cited by
- 956
- References
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- FWCI
- 5.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Keywords
- medication adherence, medication non-adherence, barriers to adherence, health system factors, health care costs, pharmacist role, nursing role, physician role, treatment success
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