Pouls, Bart P H Vriezekolk, Johanna E Bekker, Charlotte L Linn, Annemiek J van Onzenoort, Hein A W Vervloet, Marcia van Dulmen, Sandra van den Bemt, Bart J F
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Journal of medical Internet research
Medication nonadherence leads to suboptimal treatment outcomes, making it a major priority in health care. eHealth provides an opportunity to offer medication adherence interventions with minimal effort from health care providers whose time and resources are limited. The aim of this systematic review is twofold: (1) to evaluate effectiveness of rec...
Lowres, Nicole Giskes, Katrina Freedman, Ben
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Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Kohli, Maulika Pasipanodya, Elizabeth C Montoya, Jessica L Marquine, Maria Hoenigl, Martin Serrano, Vanessa Cushman, Clint Garcia, Rogelio Kua, John Gant, Verna
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BackgroundAfrican Americans are disproportionally affected by HIV and have poorer rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence compared to other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. Factors associated with poor HIV disease outcomes are commonly associated with sociostructural barriers that prevent engagement with and retention in HIV ca...
Squires, Allison Ridge, Laura Miner, Sarah McDonald, Margaret V Greenberg, Sherry A Cortes, Tara
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Medical care research and review : MCRR
A primary service provided by home care is medication management. Issues with medication management at home place older adults at high risk for hospital admission, readmission, and adverse events. This study sought to understand medication management challenges from the home care provider perspective. A qualitative secondary data analysis approach ...
Zepf, R Greene, M Hessol, N A Johnson, M O Santos, G M John, M D Dawson-Rose, C
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AIDS care
For people living with HIV, lack of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a serious problem and frequently results in HIV disease progression. Reasons for non-adherence include concomitant psychosocial health conditions - also known as syndemic conditions - such symptoms of depression or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), past physical or...
Caram, Megan E V Oerline, Mary K Dusetzina, Stacie Herrel, Lindsey A Modi, Parth K Kaufman, Samuel R Skolarus, Ted A Hollenbeck, Brent K Shahinian, Vahakn
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Cancer
Abiraterone and enzalutamide are high-cost oral therapies that increasingly are used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer; these agents carry the potential for significant financial consequences to patients. In the current study, the authors investigated coping and material measures of the financial hardship of these therapies among pati...
Cai, Yiyuan Gong, Wenjie He, Hua Hughes, James P Simoni, Jane Xiao, Shuiyuan Gloyd, Stephen Lin, Meijuan Deng, Xinlei Liang, Zichao
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Journal of medical Internet research
Schizophrenia is a severe and disabling condition that presents a dire health equity challenge. Our initial 6-month trial (previously reported) using mobile texting and lay health supporters, called LEAN, significantly improved medication adherence from 0.48 to 0.61 (adjusted mean 0.11, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.20, P=.007) for adults with schizophrenia liv...
Peasah, Samuel K Granitz, Kathryn Vu, Michelle Jacob, Bobby
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Journal of pharmacy practice
To evaluate the effectiveness of a student pharmacist-led telephone follow-up intervention to improve hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in diabetic patients. This was a prospective, randomized, pilot study to implement a telephone follow-up intervention for diabetic patients with HbA1c ≥7%. Patients were recruited and randomized into intervention and control ...
Gomez-Cano, Mayam Wiering, Bianca Abel, Gary Campbell, John L Clark, Christopher E
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The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Most patients obtain medications from pharmacies by prescription, but rural general practices can dispense medications. The clinical implications of this difference in drug delivery are unknown. This study hypothesised that dispensing status may be associated with better medication adherence. This could impact intermediate clinical outcomes depende...
Ricci, Arnaud Gosetto, Laetitia Blondon, Katherine Ehrler, Frédéric
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Studies in health technology and informatics
SMART-MEDS is a gamification-based mobile application to improve medication adherence. In its first version, it relied on storytelling to bolster user engagement. The feedback collected from users after one month testing revealed that although they appreciated the proposed story, they did not find it compelling enough. On the positive side they rea...
