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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Improving Medication Adherence in Community-Dwelling Patients with Schizophrenia Through Therapeutic Alliance and Medication Attitude: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model.
Increased medication adherence improves patient outcomes and lowers the overall cost of care by preventing disease relapse and hospital readmission. Several systematic reviews have identified that insight, therapeutic alliance, and attitude towards medication affect medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia; however, no study has examined all the aforementioned variables together nor has discussed the chains of these mediators. ⋯ In community-dwelling schizophrenia patients, the effects of therapeutic alliance and medication attitude on medication adherence are greater than that of insight. We recommend revising the strategy of community home visits by different psychiatrists or nurses in alternating shifts. Therapeutic alliance is the first step required to promote medication adherence. Based on this alliance, altering the patients' medication attitude may be more effective in improving medication adherence than merely enhancing insight.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Safety and Effectiveness of Varenicline in Korean Smokers: A Nationwide Post-Marketing Surveillance Study.
Varenicline has demonstrated its safety and efficacy in Western studies including <3% of Asian participants. This prospective multi-center observational study investigated the safety and effectiveness of varenicline in Korean smokers. ⋯ Varenicline in adult Korean smokers was well tolerated and effective as a smoking cessation aid in routine clinical practice.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Factors Related to Complying with Anti-TB Medications Among Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Indonesia.
A variety of factors influenced the decision of tuberculosis (TB) drug-resistant patients to continue treatment. The study aimed to analyze factors that influence complying with anti-TB medications in patients with TB drug resistance in Indonesia. ⋯ Information on these factors will inform the development of models and modules for the prevention and control of TB drug resistance in Indonesia, which can later be used widely in Indonesia.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Impact of Whole-Layer Barbed Suture Closure on the Postoperative Effect and Aesthetic Satisfaction with Incision After Knee Arthroplasty.
To evaluate the effect of whole-layer barbed suture for incision closure on the clinical outcome and aesthetic satisfaction of patients with the incision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). ⋯ Compared with the interrupted suture, the use of whole-layer barbed suture for incision closure after TKA has the advantages of a safe and effective outcome, short operation time, high cosmesis degree of the wound scar and high patient satisfaction.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of Decisional Conflict Scale in Chinese Young Women Making HPV Vaccination Decisions.
The Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) is a well-known scale for measuring personal decisional conflict, particularly when a person feels uninformed about the risks/benefits of choices, is unclear about personal values, and feels unsupported in making a choice. Higher scores of DCS indicate higher decisional conflict. In the present study, we aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the DCS among Chinese young women making HPV vaccination decisions. ⋯ The DCS-10 demonstrated good model fit to the data. By using the DCS-10 total score rather than sub-scores to measure Chinese young women's HPV vaccination decisional conflict a more valid assessment can be obtained.