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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Factors Associated With Medication Adherence In Elderly Retired Outpatients In São Paulo, Brazil.
To evaluate medication adherence and associated socioeconomic factors in elderly Brazilians. ⋯ Medication adherence among the elderly was low in all categories except for the high household income category, a relevant finding that will help to understand medication adherence patterns in elderly Brazilians.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Associations of different adherences in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The objective of our cross-sectional study is to explore the adherence behavior of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by examining the association between the various types of adherence. The success of diabetic therapy partly relies on patient motivation, psych-odemographic variables (self-efficacy, health literacy, and health locus of control [HLOC]), and adherence. The aim of our research was to explore the attitudes of T2DM patients toward medication and lifestyle therapy, thus gaining a deeper insight into the role of adherence-determining parameters in disease management. ⋯ Adherence to medication, diet, glucose monitoring, and physical exercise showed different levels in T2DM patients and were in association with psychodemographic factors.
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The accountability inherent in the social interaction between a patient and healthcare provider affects patients' motivation to adhere to treatment. To characterize the role of accountability as a tool to improve self-efficacy and self-management and thereby promote patients' adherence to treatment, a measure of accountability is needed. ⋯ Future use of this questionnaire will allow for the assessment of the interaction between accountability and adherence to treatment and lead to the development of new interventions to promote better adherence.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Development of a Smartphone Program to Support Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy in People with Cancer.
To describe the theoretical, evidence-based and consumer-informed development of a smartphone self-management program aiming to support adherence to oral chemotherapy in adolescents and adults diagnosed with cancer. ⋯ The careful design process described in this paper may serve to inform the development of future mobile phone-based medication adherence-enhancing interventions for people with cancer. A trial to explore end-users acceptability of and satisfaction with the intervention is currently underway.Trial Registration: ACTRN12618001987257p.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Factors Associated With Regorafenib Adherence With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
Regorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The clinical factors that may affect adherence to regorafenib remain unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to regorafenib with mCRC and to identify factors that might affect adherence to regorafenib. ⋯ Hand-foot-skin reactions and female sex were associated with lower adherence to regorafenib. Since these factors could be associated with lower adherence to regorafenib, it would be useful to consider these factors when assessing adherence.