Background Depression is a risk factor and complication of coronary artery disease (CAD) that is associated with poor ...

Better outpatient medication adherence reduces the likelihood of readmission after a recent myocardial infarction. Retrospective, nested case-control analysis of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates could be due in part to poor medication adherence. A ...

On examination of the challenge and strategies, lack of adherence is in and of itself a preventable disease. The overarching goal of randomized control clinical trials is to establish a measure of a ...

Scores on a new medication adherence scale maintained a strong graded association with antihypertensive drug pharmacy fill adherence among community-dwelling seniors in a managed care organization.

In 2017, an expert commission organized by the Lancet examined the current state of asthma care. That commission identified poor medication adherence as one of the principal barriers standing between ...

A staggering percentage of people do not take their medication correctly, but pharmaceutical packaging aims to improve patient compliance using new technology to address reasons for non-adherence.

Medication adherence can be difficult when financial constraints prevent patients from affording their medications. Prescription discount cards, introduced in the early 2000s, offer a solution. These ...

Hamell discusses the complex nature of adherence and how a 360 degree approach to behaviour change—accounting for physician, patient and environmental factors driving adherence— is fundamental to ...