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Health Care Sciences & Services
Monika Bak-Sosnowska, Magdalena Gruszczynska, Julia Wyszomirska, Anna Daniel-Sielanczyk
Summary: The study found that in patients with chronic diseases, individuals with a strong internal health locus of control, higher level of mindfulness and lower level of emotional-stress coping style are more likely to adhere to medication recommendations.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mingmin Zhao, Kreshnik Hoti, Hao Wang, Aniruddh Raghu, Dina Katabi
Summary: The study utilizes artificial intelligence and wireless sensors to monitor patient medication use, particularly common errors with inhalers or insulin pens. Results show that the AI framework can automatically detect whether patients are using inhalers or insulin pens correctly, demonstrating potential for improving medication safety.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Piotr Merks, Jameason Cameron, Krzysztof Bilmin, Damian Swieczkowski, Tomira Chmielewska-Ignatowicz, Tomasz Harezlak, Katarzyna Bialoszewska, Katarina Fehir Sola, Milosz J. Jaguszewski, Regis Vaillancourt
Summary: Pharmaceutical care requires a patient-centered approach to ensure medication adherence, considering factors such as geography, social economic status, age, and low literacy. Various medication counselling and education approaches, including the use of pictograms, have been explored to improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Cristina Carbonell-Duacastella, Maria Rubio-Valera, Silvia Marques-Ercilla, Maria Teresa Penarrubia-Maria, Montserrat Gil-Girbau, Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Maria Isabel Pasarin, Elizabeth Parody-Rua, Ignacio Aznar-Lou
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of medication noninitiation in the pediatric population and identify the factors that explain this behavior. The results showed a high prevalence of noninitiation in children and varied according to age and medical groups. The results also suggest that there are inequities in access to pharmacologic treatments in this population.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Carlos de las Cuevas
Summary: Adherence to prescribed treatment is a major challenge in psychiatry, with non-adherence rates estimated to be as high as 50%. Two factors that have been suggested to influence medication adherence in psychiatric patients are perceived health control and psychological reactance.
PATIENT PREFERENCE AND ADHERENCE
(2023)
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Critical Care Medicine
Fahad H. Alahmadi, Andrew J. Simpson, Cristina Gomez, Magnus Ericsson, John-Olof Thorngren, Craig E. Wheelock, Dominic E. Shaw, Louise J. Fleming, Graham Roberts, John Riley, Stewart Bates, Ana R. Sousa, Richard Knowles, Aruna T. Bansal, Julie Corfield, Ioannis Pandis, Kai Sun, Per S. Bakke, Massimo Caruso, Pascal Chanez, Barbro Dahlen, Ildiko Horvath, Norbert Krug, Paolo Montuschi, Florian Singer, Scott Wagers, Ian M. Adcock, Ratko Djukanovic, Kian Fan Chung, Peter J. Sterk, Sven-Erik Dahlen, Stephen J. Fowler
Summary: Low adherence is a common issue in severe asthma patients, whether measured directly or self-reported. There is poor agreement between the two methods, suggesting a disassociation between self-assessment of medication adherence and actual oral corticosteroid use, indicating that each approach may provide complementary information in clinical practice.
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Allergy
Peter J. Cvietusa, Glenn K. Goodrich, Jo Ann Shoup, Diane K. King, Bruce G. Bender
Summary: This study aimed to measure asthma medication adherence in the 12 months after an asthma exacerbation and explore the influence of care type and socioeconomic status on adherence. The results showed a significant improvement in medication adherence after an asthma exacerbation, especially in patients with multiple exacerbations. Seeing a specialist after the exacerbation, rather than before, resulted in the greatest improvement in adherence. Additionally, patients with lower socioeconomic status had lower adherence before the exacerbation but showed a similar improvement compared to those with higher socioeconomic status.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hanna-Maria E. Gerland, Tino Prell
Summary: Study conducted in primary care settings found that health locus of control (HLC) has a significant impact on medication non-adherence. Forgetting to take medication or lacking knowledge about prescribed medication were common reasons for non-adherence. External HLC was associated with better adherence, while internal HLC was linked to poorer adherence.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michael Asamoah-Boaheng, Kwadwo Osei Bonsu, Jamie Farrell, Alwell Oyet, William K. Midodzi
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the methods and optimal thresholds for measuring medication adherence in adolescents and adults with asthma, identifying 20 different methods in administrative health records. Common measures included the medication possession ratio (MPR) and proportion of days covered (PDC). A meta-analysis showed that adherence thresholds of at least 0.75 were associated with reduced risk of asthma exacerbation.
CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Maria Cristina Munoz-Contreras, Ignacio Segarra, Francisco Javier Lopez-Roman, Raul Nieto Galera, Begona Cerda
Summary: This study examined medication adherence and caregiver satisfaction in patients with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The results showed that married or widowed patients, first-degree relatives as caregivers, and female caregivers had higher medication adherence. Caregivers found the use and administration of treatment easy and rarely interfering with their daily lives. The study suggests educating caregivers about the disease and the importance of medication adherence to ensure optimal treatment for patients.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Beatrice Remy Marseille, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Patricia M. Davidson, Deborah Baker, Rita D'Aoust, Diana-Lyn Baptiste
Summary: This study examined the feasibility of a culturally tailored education programme for Haitian immigrants with hypertension and found a significant decrease in blood pressure, as well as improvements in medication adherence and hypertension knowledge after 6 weeks of intervention. Further research is needed to better understand hypertension management among Haitians and other Black immigrant communities. Advanced practice nurses play a crucial role in implementing evidence-based programmes to enhance patient outcomes in hypertension management.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2021)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Amir Hossein Alizadeh Bahmani, Elise M. A. Slob, Lizan D. Bloemsma, Susanne Brandstetter, Paula Corcuera-Elosegui, Mario Gorenjak, Susanne Harner, Simone Hashimoto, Anna M. Hedman, Michael Kabesch, Gerard H. Koppelman, Javier Korta-Murua, Aletta D. Kraneveld, Anne H. Neerincx, Marielle W. Pijnenburg, Maria Pino-Yanes, Uros Potocnik, Olaia Sardon-Prado, Susanne J. H. Vijverberg, Christine Wolff, Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz, Anke H. Maitland-van der Zee
Summary: This multicountry, observational, case-control study aimed to compare treatment regimens, inhaler techniques, medication adherence, and other characteristics of controlled and uncontrolled pediatric asthma. The study found that children in higher treatment steps had a higher risk of uncontrolled asthma, and the risk was also associated with a larger change in lung function post and pre-salbutamol. However, adherence and inhaler techniques were not related to the risk of uncontrolled asthma. Other factors, such as environmental factors and biological profiles, may influence the risk of uncontrolled asthma in this population.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Holly Tibble, Aziz Sheikh, Athanasios Tsanas
Summary: Medication adherence refers to the agreement between the medication regimen agreed to by patients with their healthcare provider and the real-world implementation. Identifying those with poor adherence can help improve disease control. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can estimate adherence, but there is no consensus on the gold standard for each use case.
BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Allergy
Claire E. Boddy, Shamsa Naveed, Michelle Craner, Anna C. Murphy, Salman Siddiqui, Peter Bradding
Summary: Replacing existing inhaled therapy with fluticasone/salmeterol DINCA for 28 days is acceptable to the majority of people with difficult-to-control asthma and identifies prior medication nonadherence. INCA monitoring coupled with clinical support potentially improves patient adherence and asthma control, preventing unnecessary progression to biological therapy.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Magdalena Gruszczynska, Julia Wyszomirska, Anna Daniel-Sielanczyk, Monika Bak-Sosnowska
Summary: The study aimed to assess the psychological factors related to medication adherence among older adults with chronic diseases. The findings showed that emotion-oriented coping was the most important predictor, with health locus of control and mindfulness also having a positive impact on medication adherence.