Medication beliefs, treatment complexity, and non-adherence to different drug classes in patients with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Treatment complexity was related to non-adherence in general. Beliefs about necessity were not strongly associated with non-adherence, while patients' concern beliefs may be associated with intentional non-adherence. However, the role of these determinants differs per therapeutic group.

Factors associated with medication regimen complexity in older people: a cross-sectional population-based study

“…It has been demonstrated that impaired dexterity can lead to decreased adherence [41]. Moreover, medication regimen complexity has been associated with poor adherence [2,3]. Our results suggest that further efforts are needed to reduce regimen complexity among people with impaired dexterity.…”

“…need to take medications with food) also contribute to complexity. Medication regimen complexity has been associated with poor medication adherence [2,3], hospital readmission [4][5][6], adverse drug events [5], poor quality of life [7] and hospital discharge directly to an aged care facility [8]. However, it is unclear to what extent regimen complexity may confer a greater risk of adverse events over and above that associated with number of medications.…”

Oral ulcer activity in Behcet’s disease: Poor medication adherence is an underestimated risk factor

“…A lack of medication adherence leads to an increase in unnecessary visits, hospitalizations (2), and medication costs (3,4). Health policy makers aim to decrease these because of critical economic issues (1,(5)(6)(7)(8). Medication adherence is mainly affected by the patients themselves, the healthcare system, the disease pattern, and treatment-related factors.…”

Impact of a pharmacotherapy plan to improve adherence for patients with type-2 diabetes and hypertension in a Chilean hospital

“…In patients with hypertension, it is estimated that half of those who start antihypertensive therapy will abandon their treatments before a year. Duran et al estimate adherence status to be 54.2 % for T2DM patients, while de Vries et al [10] estimate the degree of adherence to be 38 %, with forgetfulness being the main cause in both studies.…”