The global epidemic of hypertension is largely uncontrolled and hypertension remains the
leading cause of noncommunicable disease deaths worldwide. Suboptimal adherence …

Importance Among adults with chronic illness, 30% to 50% of medications are not taken as
prescribed. In the United States, it is estimated that medication nonadherence is associated …

Background Current health policies emphasize the need for an equitable doctor-patient
relationship, and this requires a certain level of patient empowerment. However, a …

Objetivos: Describir cuáles son los principales métodos para medir la adherencia
terapéutica de los pacientes y determinar los más idóneos para ser utilizados en la práctica …

WHO reported that adherence among patients with chronic diseases averages only 50% in
developed countries. This is recognized as a significant public health issue, since …

Methods This overview is based on an online search of PubMed database and includes the
relevant articles in this field. Results We included both direct and indirect methods for …

Background Nonadherence to antihypertensive medications is the leading cause of poor
blood pressure control and thereby cardiovascular diseases and mortality worldwide …

Medication adherence plays an important role in optimizing the outcomes of many treatment
and preventive regimens in chronic illness. Self-report is the most common method for …

Aims To investigate the extent of and factors associated with adherence to Type 2 diabetes
medication. Methods The CINAHL, Embase, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts …

A key factor to successful secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is optimal
patient adherence to treatment. However, unsatisfactory rates of adherence to treatment for …