Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student, an established academic or a
professional practitioner, you will, no doubt, have had to write a 'literature review'at some …

Background The prevalence of physical chronic or long-term conditions in adolescents aged
10-24 years is rising. Mobile phone and tablet mobile technologies featuring software …

Introduction Recent US trends demonstrate sharp rises in adverse opioid-related health
outcomes, including opioid use disorder (OUD), overdose, and death. Yet few affected …

Adherence to daily inhaled corticosteroid therapy is a key determinant of asthma control.
Therefore, improving adherence to inhaled corticosteroids is the most effective method …

Synthesis of qualitative studies is an emerging area that has been gaining more interest as
an important source of evidence for improving health care policy and practice. In the last …

Objective To review studies examining the experience of self-management support in
patient–provider interactions and the shaping of goals through interactions. Methods We …

Background Poor adherence is the result of many barriers. Most of the adherence research
has focused on the patients' hurdles to adherence, instead of the responsibility the physician …

Introduction: Poor adherence in children with asthma is a major cause of asthma attacks and
poor control, leads to large health-care costs, and has been identified as a factor in asthma …

Background Empowerment can be an effective strategy for changing an individual's health
behaviours. However, how to empower whole families to manage their children's asthma is …

Nonadherence in children who use long-term medication is a serious problem and
assessing adherence is an important step to provide solutions to this problem. Medication …