Interest in patient adherence has increased in recent years, with a growing literature that
shows the pervasiveness of poor adherence to appropriately prescribed medications …

Adherence to medication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is low, varying from 30 to 80%.
Improving adherence to therapy could therefore dramatically improve the efficacy of drug …

Purpose There is a general understanding that patient educational interventions for
enhancing medication adherence are important. However, their success at improving …

Objective. Nonadherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using disease modifying
antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) may result in unnecessarily high levels of disease activity and …

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting<
1% of the population. Incompletely controlled RA results in fatigue, joint and soft tissue pain …

OBJECTIVE: Nonadherence with medication treatment has been found to occur in large
proportions of patients with a broad range of chronic conditions. Our aim was to perform a …

TOPIC. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States.
Examination of the concept of adherence is essential to provide informed patient‐centered …

Background: Patients' compliance to treatment is an important indicator for evaluating the
successful management in chronic illnesses. Despite the fact an applicable definition of …

OBJECTIVE: This article explores the effect of conflicting information, defined as
contradictory information about medication topics from different sources, on medication …

It is well established that pharmacotherapy is fundamental to disease and symptom
management. Adherence to medication regimens is therefore essential for improved patient …