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The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment among contacts with latent TB infection for new cases of pulmonary TB cases reported in Catalonia in 2019–2021. All contacts a...

Background. Pharmacological non-adherence in chronic diseases is 40–65%. No predictive profile of non-adherence exists in patients with multiple chronic diseases. Our study aimed to quantify the prevalence of non-adherence to pharmacological treatmen...

Background: Adherence of renal patients to a prescribed therapeutic regimen is crucial for the success of haemodialysis and the decreased mortality rates of patients; however, 60% are non-adherent to dialysis, fluid, and dietary allowances. To identi...

Background: Non-adherence to antihypertensive medication treatment (AHM) is a complex health behavior with determinants that extend beyond the individual patient. The structural and social determinants of health (SDH) that predispose populations to i...

In underdeveloped nations, treatment non-adherence continues to be a significant barrier to effective disease management. It has a major impact on patients and healthcare systems in public primary healthcare settings. Patients who do not take their m...

Antidepressants are a commonly prescribed psychotropic medication, and their use has increased in recent years. Medication non-adherence in patients with mental disorders is associated with worse health outcomes. A population-based registry study to...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is treated with medications to induce and maintain remission. However, many people with IBD do not take their prescribed treatment. Identifying factors associated with IBD medication adherence is crucial for supportin...

The effectiveness of statins in secondary prevention of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) largely depends on patients’ adherence to treatment. The aims of our study were: (a) to analyze non-adherence during the whole follow-up in persistent pat...

Background: Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment remains a major obstacle to increasing tuberculosis treatment success rates and enhancing healthcare expenditure. The aim of this study was to identify determinants contributing to non-adherenc...

Background/Objectives: Liver Transplantation (LT) is the second most common solid organ transplantation. Medication adherence on LT patients is key to avoiding graft failure, mortality, and important quality of life losses. The aim of this study is t...

Background: Non-adherence to pharmaceutical treatment is one of the most common causes of uncontrolled hypertension. Non-adherence may be intentional or unintentional. In the case of intentional non-adherence, it is crucial to understand the reasons...

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) patients could reduce their risk of stroke by using oral antithrombotic therapy. However, many older people with AF experience cognitive impairment and have limited health literacy, which can lead to non-adherence to antithro...

Hypertension is so prevalent and requires strict adherence to medications to prevent further disease or death, but there is no study examining factors related to prescription drug non-adherence among 65 years old and older. This study aims to assess...

Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing adherence with tuberculosis medication therapy. Non-adherence can result in treatment failure, ongoing infectiousness, and the development of drug resistanc...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem and one of the leading causes of death among infectious diseases. Although TB can be cured with first-line antibiotics treatment of 6 months regimen, non-adherence to the treatment...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). MS is an incurable disease. The goal of disease-modifying therapies (DMT) is to slow the progression of the disease, prevent relapses and inc...

The Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment involves two phases: initial correction, usually including tenotomy; and bracing, to maintain correction and prevent relapse. Bracing should last up to four years, but in Uganda, approximately 21% of patients...

Patient prescriber agreements, also known as opioid contracts or opioid treatment agreements, have been recommended as a strategy for mitigating non-medical opioid use (NMOU). The purpose of our study was to characterize the proportion of patients wi...

The global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, is creating unsustainable burdens on health systems worldwide. NCDs are treatable but not curable. They are less amenable to top-down prevention and...

Medication adherence is directly associated with health outcomes. Adherence has been reviewed extensively; however, most studies provide a narrow scope of the problem, covering a specific disease or treatment. This project’s objective was to id...

Background and Objectives: A particular problem in cardiology is poor adherence to pharmacological treatment among patients with hypertension. It is known that approximately half of these patients do not use their medications as prescribed by their d...

(1) Background: Health literacy is the intersection of general literacy, health, and healthcare, but it can also incorporate elements of other types of literacies to varying degrees. The notion of literacy surfaced from the fear that individuals woul...

Background: Evidence has shown that poor adherence to vascular medications contributes to a considerable proportion of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and mortality. The aim of the present work was to examine patients’ beliefs/views that affe...

Non-adherence to dietary and fluid intake recommendations (NADFIR) is an important factor for the effective treatment of dialyzed patients and may be hindered by low health literacy (HL). Therefore, we assessed whether low HL of dialyzed patients is...

Nonadherence is a growing issue in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Many factors are known to influence nonadherence, but little is known about the influence of quality of life (QoL). Detailed clinical data were obtained from 164 patients w...

Objective: Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy effectively treats obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), yet adherence to the therapy presents significant challenges. This study identifies demographic and sleep study factors that influence short-term adhe...

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Assessing the patients’ CVD risk, controlling the risk factors, and ensuring the guideline-adherent cardiovascular pharmacotherapy are crucial interventions...

Introduction: Methotrexate (MTX) reduces rheumatoid arthritis activity and ameliorates the long-term functional status in these patients. To achieve this aim, patients need to take their medication regularly. Nevertheless, non-adherence to MTX still...

Lack of medication adherence among patients with dyslipidemia negatively affects health-related outcomes. This study aims to evaluate medication adherence; we also aim to investigate the predictors of non-adherence among patients with dyslipidemia in...

Purpose: While patients with cardiovascular comorbidities are at a higher risk for the occurrence of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), it is unclear whether adherence to medication results in risk reduction. The purpose of thi...

This review addresses the ongoing challenges in asthma management, particularly focusing on patient adherence to inhaler therapy. Asthma, a chronic condition characterized by variable respiratory symptoms and airflow obstruction, can lead to signific...

Tuberculosis is a serious public health issue. It is the most prevalent cause of death from a single infectious agent and globally, it is among the top 10 causes. One of the most crucial strategies to combat the TB pandemic is to administer basic ant...

Background: There is a high dropout rate of oral contraceptive pills (OCP), mainly due to a lack of adherence to treatment. The aim of this study was to identify the psychological processes and attitudes toward medication involved in adherence to OCP...

Attempts to optimize monitoring of brace adherence prescribed to adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) have generally relied on sensors. Sensors, however, are intrusive and do not allow the assessment of psychological and physical consequences o...

Sjögren’s syndrome-related dry eye disease (SS-DED) often involves more severe dry eye symptoms than people with non-SS dry eye disease (DED). This cross-sectional study employed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to understand t...

Introduction: Healthcare providers’ understanding of how self-efficacy and social support affect medication adherence and depression in dialysis patients can lead to holistic interventions and improve outcomes. This study aimed to investigate h...

Background and Objective: Medication non-adherence is a preventable reason for treatment failure, poor blood pressure control among hypertensive patients and the geriatric population owing to poor physical activity is more vulnerable strata. The obje...

This study aims to shed light on the frequency and associated factors of self-reported adherence to analgesic treatment among chronic pain (CP) patients in the Spanish population. A nationwide cross-sectional study was performed of 1066 Spanish adult...

Long-term medical care for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is critical for treatment efficacy, and various studies have examined reasons for antiretroviral therapy (ART) non-adherence. In Japan, doctors assume patients maintain high adherence. However...

(1) Background: Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with different manifestations, affecting the quality of life at social, emotional, and professional dimensions and requiring long-term treatment. This study aimed to investigate...

This review explores the impact of gender on medication adherence in the context of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Optimal adherence to medication is crucial for achieving treatment goals and preventing adverse outcomes in chronic diseases. T...

Reducing high mechanical stress is imperative to heal diabetes-related foot ulcers. We explored the association of cumulative plantar tissue stress (CPTS) and plantar foot ulcer healing, and the feasibility of measuring CPTS, in two prospective cohor...

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease that it needs of a complex and multiple drug therapy. With the aim to study the degree of adherence to therapy in this disease to the pharmacological treatment prescribed and, to know how they influence a series of v...

To provide a better understanding of the actions taken within health systems and their results, this study aims to assess clinicians’ adherence to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) regarding recommended treatments in patients with cardiovascular di...

Background: Kidney transplantation (KTx) is a safe procedure that improves the life expectancy and quality of life of patients requiring it. However, despite the known benefits for patients who receive a kidney transplant, non-adherence to immunosupp...

Medication adherence is essential for optimal therapeutic outcomes. However, non-adherence with long-term therapy is at 50%. Several theoretical models have identified several key factors that could explain medication adherence. Though numerous inter...

Sub-optimal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management has been found largely due to patients’ medication non-adherence and incorrect inhaler technique. This study aimed to examine inhaler use technique and medication adherence amo...

Adherence to annual fundus examinations in the Chinese population with diabetes and its correlates have not been investigated. The present study obtained data for the first nationally representative survey in China, China Health and Retirement Longit...

Background: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines were designed to improve patient outcomes. Here, we examine factors that may contribute to outcomes and guideline adherence in patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Methods: This...

Background: This study aims to identify factors affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese patients with hemophilia in Hong Kong, and to examine the association between treatment adherence and HRQoL outcomes. Methods: Patients with h...