Erschienen in:
21.05.2019 | Concise Research Reports
Prescribing Providers Estimate Patients’ Adherence to Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Medications from Patients’ Medication-Taking Routines: an Observational Study
verfasst von:
L. Alison Phillips, PhD, Elise A. G. Duwe, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2019
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Excerpt
Patient non-adherence to medications functions as a key mediator between medical practice and patient outcomes, occurring in 20–50% of patients.
1 One point of intervention is the medical encounter.
2 However, providers are hesitant to ask about non-adherence, which leads to poor prescribing decisions and missed opportunities for addressing non-adherence.
3 Direct questions about non-adherence are not ideal, as they elicit “socially desirable” responses and are subject to poor recall.
4 …