Drug Adherence
Drug adherence behavior among hypertensive out-patients at a tertiary health institution in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe, 2011
... While it will sound logical that failure to adhere to prescribed medications would be a direct cause of failure to achieve BP control, experts argue that issues involved in BP control are of a highly complex nature and ...
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Barriers of Drug Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy: in Tertiary Care Hospital, South India
... demographic and clinical variables were observed. Mean age in this sample was 38.6 (12.3) years and among the 75 patients, 60% were male and 40% female. Mean duration of epilepsy was 22.1 (12.1) years. Eighteen patients ...
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Quantifying the impact of nonadherence patterns on exposure to oral immunosuppressants
... a drug adherence- exposure model that: 1) accurately simulates observed patient adherence patterns; 2) computes values for drug exposure based on the pharmacokinetic properties of ...
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Factors Associated with Adherence of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients in Mekelle Hospital Northern Ethiopia
... with adherence in the study area and it is difficult to generalize the study from other places for the population in northern ...assess adherence level of the patients and factors related with drug ...
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Patients Adherence to Anti-Diabetic Medications in a Hospital at Ajman, UAE
... medication adherence, which may be influenced by recall ...for drug adherence. The self-reported adherence rate was not confirmed with blood glucose levels or HbA1c ...The adherence ...
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... Many studies have been done to assess effect of interpersonal problems on drug adherence. One such study done by Delamater AM et al., assessing patient’s adherence for diabetes suggested that family ...
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Drug Attitude and Adherence to Anti Glaucoma Medication
... subjective drug adherence scores; however, there was a significantly higher proportion of glaucoma patients who had a negative attitude towards drugs rather than positive and the greater the patient’s ...
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Medication adherence during laboratory workup for primary aldosteronism: pilot study
... Together, nonadherence to prescriptions was frequent during routine laboratory evaluations for PA. Cautious interpreta- tion of laboratory findings and repeated testing in unclear situations are, therefore, advisable. In ...
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Risk factors for drug nonadherence in antidepressant-treated patients and implications of pharmacist adherence instructions for adherence improvement
... of drug intake, pharmacist adherence instruction seemed to contribute to improved drug adherence until the time of ...pharmacist adherence instruction can ameliorate antidepressant ...
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The Assessment of Serum Drug Levels to Diagnose Non-Adherence in Stable Chronic Heart Failure Patients
... identify drug non-adherence may be chal- lenging and none of the methods in use has been iden- tified as ...for drug adherence assessment include patients self-report- ing (questionnaires), ...
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Is Noncompliance Among Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients Inevitable?
... Individuals who undergo CTx, although cognizant of the procedure and its potential benefits, invest little of themselves as they await an unexpected tele- phone call and then are suddenly confronted with the availability ...
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The impact of a pharmacist-led educational interview on medication adherence of Saudi patients with epilepsy
... Antiepileptic drug adherence was measured during clinic visits, and 6 weeks afterwards using the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence ...post-intervention adherence measurement. The ...
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Patient Factors Which Contribute to Non-adherence to TB Treatment in Kericho and Nakuru Counties of Kenya
... Kenya. Adherence to TB treatment is one of the interventions that lead to increase in cure rate thus reducing mortality and emergence of Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR) and high cost of ...treatment ...
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Management of HIV/AIDS in older patients–drug/drug interactions and adherence to antiretroviral therapy
... Abstract: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are living longer with their disease, as HIV has become a chronic illness managed with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). This has led to an increasing ...
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“Water for Pharmaceutical Use” by Shukshith K.S, N. Vishal Gupta, India.
... ensure adherence to certain minimal chemical and microbiological quality standards, water used in the production of drug substances or as source or feed water for the preparation of the various types of ...
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Associations between adherence and outcomes among older, type 2 diabetes patients: evidence from a Medicare Supplemental database
... higher adherence was linked to reduced costs and improved health ...with adherence of proportion of days covered ,20% to one with proportion of days covered $80% illustrates an average saving of $28,824 in ...
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The Failed Treatment of MDR-TB in Three Generations: A Case Study of the Household in Northeastern, Thailand
... The researches about the MDR-TB were found the factors influencing to the treatment outcome; the factor of patient’s health behaviors, drink alcohol during treatment, lacking of the nutrient and low body weight, ...
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A patient centered deprescribing intervention for hospitalized older patients with polypharmacy: rationale and design of the Shed MEDS randomized controlled trial
... Polypharmacy, defined as taking five or more medications, is common among older patients [1–4]. Studies have shown that approximately 45% of hospitalized older pa- tients are discharged on five or more medications [5–7]. ...
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Measurement of adherence, drug concentrations and the effectiveness of artemether lumefantrine, chlorproguanil dapsone or sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Malawi
... MEMS™ provide a more objective assessment of adher- ence, although the interpretation of their results can be difficult. They have been used extensively to monitor patients on long-term treatment such as anti-retroviral ...
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ROLE OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
... in drug dose was reported as the most frequently provided suggestions by the clinical ...Improper drug selection includes prescribing a broad spectrum of antibiotics in the treatment of mild urinary tract ...
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