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Medication Adherence and Prompting

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Medication adherence refers to ‘the extent to which a patient’s medication-taking behaviour and/or execution of lifestyle changes corresponds with agreed recommendations from a healthcare provider’. Optimal therapeutic efficacy generally requires an adherence rate of 80%.

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Studies suggest that about 50% of people living with chronic illness stop taking their prescribed medicines within 12 months, and that up to 30% of prescriptions are never filled at all. Not only does medicine non-adherence have clinical consequences such as disease progression, morbidity and mortality - it also results in increased costs and use of healthcare resources.

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Harry MIHALAKELLIS
14 May 2023
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all good.
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Nicole Hitchcock
24 Mar 2023
It provided valuable information
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Chelsea Jury
05 Jun 2022
Great
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Mary Fletcher
01 Mar 2022
Medication adherence is an area especially in aged care and care in the home that needs to be understood. This article is excellent in providing information.
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sian greening
15 Feb 2022
A very brief review of the concept of medication prompting.
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Kate Kilpatrick
10 Feb 2022
Great
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Dipti Bhandari
13 Mar 2022
Informative
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Marive Paje
15 May 2022
Good
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Amanda McFarlane
11 Jul 2023
Registered Nurse
I think that this is a great resource tool for carers. Not complicated, short and sweet, and highlights proper procedure to do medication prompting rather than physical medication assistance.
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Jackie Jehoda
23 May 2023
Registered Nurse
This was good reinforcement of my current knowledge.
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