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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Cost effectiveness of interventions to improve adherence to statin therapy in ASCVD patients in the United States.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, and high cholesterol is a leading risk factor for CVD. While statins are effective at reducing cholesterol, they are frequently underused in patients at highest risk of CVD. The objective of this study was to identify interventions which may improve adherence to statins and to assess their cost effectiveness within the US Medicare population. ⋯ Some interventions to improve adherence have been shown to be effective, but little attention has been paid to the costs. Further studies on adherence interventions should include economic evaluations.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Health belief about adjuvant endocrine therapy in premenopausal breast cancer survivors: a qualitative study.
The aim of this study is to describe the connotations of health beliefs about adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in premenopausal breast cancer survivors in Northeast China and to explore the reasons underlying bad behaviours and influential factors of AET adherence and persistence. ⋯ Demographic, socio-cultural and other factors play an important role in the health beliefs of breast cancer survivors. Health beliefs such as related knowledge of AET, related cognition of recurrence or metastasis of breast cancer directly affect adherence to and persistence with AET. Therefore, implementing interventions with respect to health beliefs may enhance adherence to AET.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Children's preferences toward dentist attire in Al Madinah Al Munawarah.
Background and aim: Children make judgments about the dentist on the basis of dentists' attire and talking gestures during dental visits. It is important to focus on dentists' attire as they can adjust their attire according to a child's preference. This study aims to assess the preferences of children regarding dentist attire in Al-Madinah Munawarah. ⋯ Closed-toe shoes were preferred by most of the children (68.8%) and 56.9% of the children preferred the dentist to wear flat shoes. The attitude of dentists towards wearing shoes, jewelry, goggles, watches, badges, and face mask was found to have significant difference at 5% confidence interval; whereas, the children did not prefer traditional outfit worn by the dentists on their visit to the dental clinic. Conclusion: There is a significant impact of dentist attire on the child's acceptance of the dental procedure.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Erratum: Adherence to diabetes medication among diabetic patients in the Bisha governorate of Saudi Arabia - a cross-sectional survey [Corrigendum].
[This corrects the article on p. 63 in vol. 13, PMID: 30636871.].
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Development and validation of the Patient's Health Belief Questionnaire on Psychiatric Treatment.
Our previous studies with regard to adherence to psychiatric medications measured pharmacophobia, psychological reactance, and locus of control using a 42-item questionnaire requiring ~1.5 hours for completion. This study aims to develop the Patient's Health Belief Questionnaire on Psychiatric Treatment, a 17-item inventory which requires only 15 minutes to complete. ⋯ Future studies need to verify and further extend the preliminary findings of this study that the questionnaire may have construct and predictive validity.