Lecture 24

Question 1

What is the medication adherence

Answer 1

the extent to which a patient acts in accordance with the prescribed interval and dose of a medication dosing regimen

Question 2

What are the consequences of non-adherence

Answer 2

related to 69% of medication related hospital admissions
50% of treatment failures due to poor adherence
over 125,000 patient deaths each year linked to poor med. adherence

Question 3

What are some methods for measuring medication adherence

Answer 3

blood/serum level
ingestible
structured questionnaire
pill count
patient interview
prescription refill records
electronic monitoring devices

Question 4

What are direct methods of monitoring adherence

Answer 4

blood/serum level
ingestible

Question 5

what are indirect methods of monitoring adherence

Answer 5

structured questionnaire
pill count
patient interview
prescription refill records
electronic monitoring devices