Content Analysis of Antiretroviral Adherence Enhancing Interview Reports

Although there is no universally accepted definition of medication adherence, it is defined as the extent to which the patient follows a medication regimen as intended by the prescriber [1]. It has three phases; initiation, which marks the start of the treatment; implementation, which marks the extent to which the patient follows the dosing regimen, and finally discontinuation, which marks the interruption of treatment [1]. Nonadherence can occur in any of those phases such as non-initiation, premature interruption of treatment, defined as non-persistence, or suboptimal implementation [2].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - May 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Susan Kamal, Paul Nulty, Olivier Bugnon, Matthias Cavassini, Marie P. Schneider Source Type: research