Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Eric K. P. Lee, Paul Poon, Benjamin H. K. Yip, Yacong Bo, Meng-Ting Zhu, Chun-Pong Yu, Alfonse C. H. Ngai, Martin C. S. Wong, Samuel Y. S. Wong
Summary: Nonadherence to antihypertensive medications is a global problem, especially in low-to middle-income and non-Western countries. Interventions are urgently needed, particularly in these regions.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jian Jiao, Yuanyi Ji, Hua Ren, Yanni Hao, Xiaoling Shen, Zaiquan Dong
Summary: Many patients with severe mental illness experienced relapse and deterioration during the COVID-19 pandemic due to medication interruption. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting medication interruption in these patients. A total of 2,077 patients participated in an online survey, and it was found that cohabitant exposure, medication non-compliance before COVID-19, and disease status were related to medication interruption. More than 50% of the patients expressed the need for assistance in medication management and financial support.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Allergy
Qingqing Cai, Ling Ye, Robert Horne, Xiaofen Ye, Qing Xu, Meiling Jin, Xiaoyu Li, Qianzhou Lyu
Summary: This study found a significant relationship between illness perceptions, medication beliefs, and self-reported medication adherence in adult Chinese patients with asthma. Medication adherence was negatively correlated with illness identity, emotional response, and concerns about medication. Beliefs about medication necessity and emotional response to the illness were significantly associated with medication adherence, even after adjusting for illness perceptions, medication beliefs, and demographics.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wu Qing, Zhao Qi, Hu Yao, Jiang Xin, Hou Ying
Summary: Self-perceptions of aging play a significant role in the compliance behavior of elderly patients with hypertension, with multiple factors identified to be associated with compliance behavior. In the future, healthcare professionals should focus on enhancing the positive self-perceptions of aging among elderly patients, in order to improve their compliance behavior and overall health outcomes.
PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Fan-Zhen Kong, Cai-Fang Ji, Xiang-Dong Du, Robert Logan, Hui-Ying Zhao, Guan-Hui Wu, Yan-Song Liu, Zhen Tang, Mei-E Niu
Summary: The study found that baseline beliefs about medication may affect the therapeutic outcomes of antidepressants in inpatients with first-diagnosed depression under supervised therapeutic compliance.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Parul Agarwal, Jenny Lin, Kimberly Muellers, Rachel O'Conor, Michael Wolf, Alex D. Federman, Juan P. Wisnivesky
Summary: In older COPD patients, health literacy and illness and medication beliefs play a role in medication adherence, with medication concerns and necessity mediating the relationship between health literacy and adherence.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shu-Mei Chang, I-Cheng Lu, Yi-Chun Chen, Chin-Feng Hsuan, Yin-Jin Lin, Hung-Yi Chuang
Summary: Medication nonadherence is common among hypertensive patients, with the most prevalent behavior being forgetting to take medication. Factors such as age, sex, comorbidities, insomnia, diet compliance, and the use of dietary supplements are specifically associated with medication nonadherence in this population.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
David Consolazio, Maria Elena Gattoni, Antonio Giampiero Russo
Summary: Among hypertensive patients, gender differences in medication consumption and mortality were found, with women having higher odds of being treated but lower odds of therapeutic compliance, death from all causes, and death from cardiovascular diseases. The outcomes showed clear sex differences across age classes, but not between different levels of deprivation.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Sofa D. Alfian, Nurul Annisa, Dyah A. Perwitasari, Andre Coelho, Rizky Abdulah
Summary: This study evaluated the influence of illness perception on medication nonadherence among hypertensive patients in Indonesia. The results showed that treatment control, patient's comprehension of hypertension, and patient's emotions were significantly associated with medication nonadherence. Therefore, educational interventions should be tailored based on patients' perception of their illness.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Sian F. Cole, Gemma Skaczkowski, Carlene Wilson
Summary: The study showed that the majority of cancer patients decreased their exercise levels after diagnosis, while only a small percentage increased or maintained their exercise participation. Decreasers had poorer exercise beliefs and illness perceptions compared to Increasers.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nobuyuki Wakui, Mizue Ozawa, Takahiro Yanagiya, Saki Endo, Chikako Togawa, Raini Matsuoka, Shunsuke Shirozu, Yoshiaki Machida, Mayumi Kikuchi
Summary: This study aimed to identify factors associated with medication compliance in elderly type 2 diabetic patients in Japan. The results showed that medication storage, knowledge of drug effects, knowledge of side effects, and physical functioning were all associated with medication compliance. Knowledge of drug effects had the strongest association. Due to the lack of subjective symptoms in diabetes mellitus, it is important to provide sufficient information to ensure patients fully understand the drug effects in order to maintain medication compliance.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jyoti R. Sharma, Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla, Girish Dwivedi, Rabia Johnson
Summary: Poor adherence to prescribed antihypertensive therapy is a significant problem in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to high prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension. Reliable methods for assessing medication adherence are limited, hindering effective strategies for improvement. This review explores various methods and proposes hair-based therapeutic drug monitoring as a promising approach.
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Pelin Basim, Derya Argun, Yasar Ozdenkaya
Summary: The study found that socioeconomic status and education levels were significantly related to medication adherence in differentiated thyroid cancer survivors. Factors such as anxiety and depression levels, illness perception, and beliefs about medicines were also associated with medication adherence.
HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Meng Zhao, Jing Zhao, Jing Chen, Mingfang Li, Lijuan Zhang, Xia Luo, Yue Zhang, Chenxia Xiong, Zijun Guo, Jun Yan
Summary: This study aimed to explore medication adherence and its relationship with illness perception and beliefs about medicines in breast cancer patients with adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in China. The findings showed that medication adherence was correlated with beliefs about medicines, and illness perception indirectly influenced medication adherence through beliefs about medicines.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biology
Qi Tang, Cao Wang, Wenhui Wu, Yu Cao, Gang Chen, Jun Lu
Summary: China's population is aging rapidly, with a growing concern for rational medication management for the elderly in order to control the risks of polypharmacy. Key issues include serious polypharmacy, lack of medication consultation services, poor medication compliance, insufficient pharmaceutical staffing, and limited awareness and trust in pharmacists' abilities. Suggestions have been proposed to emphasize rational medication management to reduce the risk of polypharmacy and disease burden in China's elderly population.