Interventional tools to improve medication adherence: review of literature

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2015

Autores

Costa, E (Autor) FFUP; Giardini, A (Autor) Outra; Savin, M (Autor) Outra; Menditto, E (Autor) Outra; Lehane, E (Autor) Outra; Laosa, O (Autor) Outra; Pecorelli, S (Autor) Outra; Monaco, A (Autor) Outra; Marengoni, A (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Patient Preference and Adherence

Vol. 9

Páginas: 1303-1314

ISSN: 1177-889X

Editora: Dove Medical Press

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 61 Citações

Scopus - 150 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00G-NSC

DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s87551

Abstract (EN): Medication adherence and persistence is recognized as a worldwide public health problem, particularly important in the management of chronic diseases. Nonadherence to medical plans affects every level of the population, but particularly older adults due to the high number of coexisting diseases they are affected by and the consequent polypharmacy. Chronic disease management requires a continuous psychological adaptation and behavioral reorganization. In literature, many interventions to improve medication adherence have been described for different clinical conditions, however, most interventions seem to fail in their aims. Moreover, most interventions associated with adherence improvements are not associated with improvements in other outcomes. Indeed, in the last decades, the degree of nonadherence remained unchanged. In this work, we review the most frequent interventions employed to increase the degree of medication adherence, the measured outcomes, and the improvements achieved, as well as the main limitations of the available studies on adherence, with a particular focus on older persons.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 11