Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) is prevalent among the elderly and is characterized
by high mortality and hospitalization rates. Non-adherence to medications is frequent and …

Background Adherence to prescribed medications is a key dimension of healthcare quality.
The aim of this large population-based study was to evaluate self-reported medication …

Background In line with the changing role of community pharmacists, we describe here a
standardised procedure for detecting DRPs in elderly patients for use in community …

AIMS: Some individuals have a preference for the present rather than for the future. We
investigated the impact of this impatient relationship to temporality on adherence to …

Résumé L'observance thérapeutique peut être définie comme le degré d'adéquation entre
le comportement du patient et les recommandations de son médecin. On estime que 50 …

Background: Acne is a disorder in which adherence has a major impact on treatment
outcome. Objective: To create an easy-to-use tool to assess treatment adherence, based on …

Background Treatment of end stage renal disease has an impact on patients' physical and
psychological health, including quality of life (QoL). Nowadays, it is known that reducing the …

Aim To describe the therapeutic adherence and to identify the factors associated with poor
adherence among hypertensive patients. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional …

Adherence of Type-2 Diabetic Patients to Treatment Page 1 KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL
September 2014 225 Original Article Kuwait Medical Journal 2014; 46 (3): 225 - 232 Adherence …

Rationale Psychological ownership has profound implications for the ways in which people
behave, but this is rarely considered in the health care discourse related to chronic illness …