Medication Adherence

"Medication Adherence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency.

Descriptor ID	D055118
MeSH Number(s)	F01.100.150.750.500.600.500 F01.145.488.887.500.600.500 N05.300.150.800.500.600.500
Concept/Terms	Medication Adherence Medication Adherence Adherence, Medication Medication Nonadherence Medication Nonadherence Nonadherence, Medication Medication Noncompliance Noncompliance, Medication Medication Non-Adherence Medication Non Adherence Non-Adherence, Medication Medication Persistence Medication Persistence Persistence, Medication Medication Compliance Medication Compliance Compliance, Medication Medication Non-Compliance Medication Non Compliance Non-Compliance, Medication

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medication Adherence".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Attitude [F01.100]
Attitude to Health [F01.100.150]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [F01.100.150.750]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [F01.100.150.750.500]
Patient Compliance [F01.100.150.750.500.600]
Medication Adherence [F01.100.150.750.500.600.500]
Behavior [F01.145]
Health Behavior [F01.145.488]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [F01.145.488.887]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [F01.145.488.887.500]
Patient Compliance [F01.145.488.887.500.600]
Medication Adherence [F01.145.488.887.500.600.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Health [N05.300.150]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [N05.300.150.800]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [N05.300.150.800.500]
Patient Compliance [N05.300.150.800.500.600]
Medication Adherence [N05.300.150.800.500.600.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Medication Adherence".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medication Adherence".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medication Adherence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medication Adherence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 96 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	4	5
2010	2	2	4
2011	3	3	6
2012	7	2	9
2013	4	2	6
2014	3	1	4
2015	11	0	11
2016	5	4	9
2017	7	2	9
2018	4	2	6
2019	6	4	10
2020	1	4	5
2021	6	1	7
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medication Adherence" by people in Profiles.

Gomaa S, Lopez A, Slamon R, Smith R, Lapitan E, Nightingale G, Miller SM, Wen KY. The lived experience of patients with breast cancer on adjuvant endocrine therapy: side effects and coping strategies during the first year of medication initiation. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Nov 27; 31(12):719.

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Groenland EH, Dasgupta I, Visseren FLJ, van der Elst KCM, Lorde N, Lawson AJ, Bots ML, Spiering W. Clinical characteristics do not reliably identify non-adherence in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Blood Press. 2022 12; 31(1):178-186.

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Lane D, Lawson A, Burns A, Azizi M, Burnier M, Jones DJL, Kably B, Khunti K, Kreutz R, Patel P, Persu A, Spiering W, Toennes SW, Tomaszewski M, Williams B, Gupta P, Dasgupta I. Nonadherence in Hypertension: How to Develop and Implement Chemical Adherence Testing. Hypertension. 2022 01; 79(1):12-23.

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Esquenazi A, Francisco GE, Feng W, Baricich A, Gallien P, Fanning K, Zuzek A, Bandari DS, Wittenberg GF. Real-World Adherence to OnabotulinumtoxinA Treatment for Spasticity: Insights From the ASPIRE Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 11; 102(11):2172-2184.e6.

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Baker Z, Javanbakht M, Moore J, Brosnan H, Squires K, Bunge K, Zimet G, Mensch B, Soto-Torres L, Kapogiannis B, Levy L, Hoesley C, Reirden D, Gaur A, Mayer K, Futterman D, Gorbach P. Qualitative Study on the Acceptability of and Adherence to a Vaginal Ring for HIV Prophylaxis Among Adolescent Girls. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 07 01; 87(3):944-950.

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Ramsey SE, Ames EG, Uber J, Habib S, Hunt L, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Teitelman AM, Clarke J, Kaplan C, Phillips NJ, Murphy M. Linking Women Experiencing Incarceration to Community-Based HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care: A Qualitative Study. AIDS Educ Prev. 2021 06; 33(3):216-233.

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Hastings TJ, Hohmann NS, Jeminiwa R, Hansen RA, Qian J, Garza KB. Perceived appropriateness of medication adherence incentives. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Jun; 27(6):772-778.

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Millenaar D, Schumacher H, Brueckmann M, Eikelboom JW, Ezekowitz M, Slawik J, Ewen S, Ukena C, Wallentin L, Connolly S, Yusuf S, B?hm M. Cardiovascular Outcomes According to Polypharmacy and Drug Adherence in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation on Long-Term Anticoagulation (from the RE-LY Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2021 06 15; 149:27-35.

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Turakhia M, Sundaram V, Smith SN, Ding V, Michael Ho P, Kowey PR, Piccini JP, Foody J, Birmingham MC, Ianus J, Rajmane A, Mahaffey KW. Efficacy of a centralized, blended electronic, and human intervention to improve direct oral anticoagulant adherence: Smartphones to improve rivaroxaban ADHEREnce in atrial fibrillation (SmartADHERE) a randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J. 2021 07; 237:68-78.

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Hamrahian SM. Medication Non-adherence: a Major Cause of Resistant Hypertension. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2020 09 10; 22(11):133.

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