Journal article
Helping Patients Follow Prescribed Treatment: Clinical Applications
Abstract
Low adherence to prescribed medical regimens is a ubiquitous problem. Typical adherence rates are about 50% for medications and are much lower for lifestyle prescriptions and other more behaviorally demanding regimens. In addition, many patients with medical problems do not seek care or drop out of care prematurely. Although accurate measures of low adherence are lacking for many regimens, simple measures, such as directly asking patients and …
Authors
Haynes RB; McDonald HP; Garg AX
Journal
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 288, No. 22, pp. 2880–2883
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
December 11, 2002
DOI
10.1001/jama.288.22.2880
ISSN
0098-7484