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Surgery
Sarah Duncan-Park, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Brian Armstrong, Nikki Williams, Jonah Odim, Eyal Shemesh, Stuart Sweet, Rachel Annunziato
Summary: Adolescent transplant recipients often experience potentially traumatic events, with some developing posttraumatic stress disorder. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress are significantly correlated with medication adherence, and caregivers may also be at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Han-Yu Chu, Hui-Chuan Huang, Chun-Yao Huang, Ching-Chi Chu, Chien-Tien Su, I. -Lin Tsai, Huey-Lan Sophia Hu, Shu-Liu Guo
Summary: This study explored the interrelationships among risk factors for medication adherence among older adults with hypertension. A predictive model was established, with interactions between health belief, disease duration, self-efficacy, and social support contributing to low medication adherence pathways. The model showed high accuracy and could identify cases with low medication adherence for targeted intervention.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Fadzlin Mohd Mokhtar, Jameela Sathar, Hasniza Zaman Huri
Summary: Haemophilia Treatment Centres (HTCs) worldwide have innovative blood factor stewardship programs that involve pharmacists working closely with haematologists. In Malaysia, the Haemophilia Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (HMTAC) has significantly improved medication adherence, leading to better treatment plans and showing a correlation with bleeding rates and comorbidities. This study highlights the importance of pharmacist-led initiatives in optimizing therapy for patients with severe haemophilia A and B.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Aline Schoenenberg, Hannah M. Muehlhammer, Thomas Lehmann, Tino Prell
Summary: Nonadherence to medication is common among older adults with multiple chronic conditions and is associated with various factors such as male gender, higher number of medications, depression, poor patient-physician relationship, impaired cognition, and impaired mobility.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Lieze Thielemans, Katherine Chin, Alice Hegarty, Rebekah Schiff
Summary: This study investigated the views of carers supporting elderly individuals in managing their medications with and without a pharmacy-filled multi-compartment medication compliance aid (pMCA). The findings revealed that supporting medication adherence imposes a significant burden on carers, regardless of the use of medication compliance aids. Regular medication review and redesign of these aids could alleviate this burden.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ronnaug Eline Larsen, Are Hugo Pripp, Tonje Krogstad, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Lene Berge Holm
Summary: This study developed a new non-disease-specific survey tool to assess self-reported medication-taking behavior, barriers, and beliefs in order to quantify the causes of non-adherence and measure adherence.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Dermatology
Steven R. Feldman, Morten Praestegaard, Arne H. Andreasen, Johan Selmer, Tove Holm-Larsen
Summary: The PTCS is a new, reliable, sensitive, validated tool for the assessment of patient-reported treatment convenience. Use of the PTCS will facilitate evaluation of convenience as part of the clinical development of topical therapies, and thus may help to improve patient adherence and, therefore, treatment outcomes.
DERMATOLOGY AND THERAPY
(2021)
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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)
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Peripheral Vascular Disease
Lachlan L. L. Dalli, Muideen T. T. Olaiya, Joosup Kim, Nadine E. E. Andrew, Dominique A. A. Cadilhac, David Ung, Richard I. I. Lindley, Frank M. M. Sanfilippo, Amanda G. G. Thrift, Mark R. R. Nelson, Seana L. L. Gall, Monique F. F. Kilkenny, PRECISE Investigators
Summary: High adherence to antihypertensive medications within 6 months poststroke is associated with reduced risks of both major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and falls requiring hospitalization. Patients should be encouraged to adhere to their antihypertensive medications to maximize poststroke outcomes.
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Emergency Medicine
Arjun Banerjee, Elena Dreisbach, Cameron Smyres, Thomas Ence, Jesse Brennan, Christopher J. Coyne
Summary: The study found that there is a difference in perceived medication importance between ED physicians and patients, and that knowledge of a medication's purpose is associated with perceived importance, which in turn affects medication adherence.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Zhihui Yang, Shasha Han, Peng Wu, Mingyue Wang, Ruoyu Li, Xiao-Hua Zhou, Hang Li
Summary: Understanding the posttreatment prognosis of skin lesions in patients with psoriasis is crucial. This study modeled the prognosis of skin lesions after three types of therapy and found that biologic therapy is more effective in improving the prognosis of moderate to severe psoriasis compared to traditional and systemic therapies. The findings provide insights for evaluating psoriasis prognosis and communicating with patients in clinical practice.
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Dermatology
Maryam Nasimi, Robabeh Abedini, Narges Ghandi, Hadis Hajinamaki, Mahgol Sadat Hasan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Mahshid Sadat Ansari
Summary: This study evaluated adherence to topical drugs in patients with psoriasis and found that severe disease, involvement of lower extremity, and positive family history of psoriasis were associated with poor adherence to treatment, whereas patients with a history of diabetes mellitus had better adherence.
DERMATOLOGIC THERAPY
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Athanasios Chantzaras, John Yfantopoulos
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with diabetes. The results showed a significant correlation between medication non-adherence and lower HRQoL, suggesting that improving medication adherence can enhance the quality of life for patients with diabetes.
HORMONES-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2022)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Pascal C. Baumgartner, Bernard Vrijens, Samuel Allemann, Kurt E. Hersberger, Isabelle Arnet
Summary: This study introduces a new absolute adherence estimate, Delta T, derived from dispensing data, which accurately characterizes each refill event and demonstrates the dynamic nature of refill behavior among DOAC patients.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Elahe Hesari, Mahnaz Sanjari, Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh, Noushin Fahimfar, Kazem Khalagi, Arash Ghazbani, Afshin Ostovar, Akbar Fotouhi
Summary: Poor adherence to osteoporosis treatment leads to lower bone mineral density and higher fracture rates. Reliable and practical measurement tools are needed to assess medication adherence. This systematic review aimed to identify osteoporosis medication adherence measurement tools and evaluate their applicability.
OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
