Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications …

Self‐care is defined as a naturalistic decision‐making process addressing both the
prevention and management of chronic illness, with core elements of self‐care …

Background: Suboptimum medication adherence is common in the United States and leads
to serious negative health consequences but may respond to intervention. Purpose: To …

Objective Patient-centered approaches to improving medication adherence hold promise,
but evidence of their effectiveness is unclear. This review reports the current state of …

Objectives In the care of patients with type 2 diabetes, self-management is emphasised and
studied while theory and observations suggest that patients also benefit from social support …

Background Interventions to improve medication adherence are diverse and complex.
Consequently, synthesizing this evidence is challenging. We aimed to extend the results …

Significant progress has been made in the management of hypertension (HTN) in the last 60
years. A large number of antihypertensive drugs (AHD) is available for effective control of …

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a large burden on the healthcare
system. Medicines are the primary treatment for these diseases; however, adherence to …

• Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature examining interventions
delivered by health care practitioners to improve medication adherence in patients with …

Background: Efficient and effective strategies for treating chronic health conditions such as
hypertension are particularly needed for under-resourced clinics such as Urban Indian …