Adherence to medication in elderly patients

Abstract

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Adherence to lipid-lowering therapy

“…Generally agreeing with these suggestions, we believe that it is necessary to test specific solutions enabling the implementation of such defined activities [13][14][15][16][17]. Therefore, we find practically useful a strategy proposed in the MEDMOTION project [18][19][20].…”

The functioning in chronic illness –— a key determinant of treatment efficacy in patients with metabolic syndrome

“…Low adherence to therapeutic plans is the main limitation of the effectiveness of therapy in obese patients. There is a direct link between the patient's functioning and adherence to treatment, therefore, all activities aimed at supporting cooperation with an obese patient are of key importance for therapy effectiveness [7,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Thus, the Adherence in Chronic Disease Scale (ACDS) is also worth validating in MetS patients [22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

Treatment of heart failure patients — in search of new solutions to difficult problems

“…Moreover, importance of multidisciplinary team management, education, self-care, lifestyle advice, exercise training, follow-up, and monitoring to improve therapeutic effectiveness has been highlighted [1,3]. Adequate patient education and lifestyle advice are pivotal for successful treatment of HF allowing the patients to understand what is beneficial, to embrace the concept of self-monitoring, to accept therapeutic plans and improve adherence to treatment [1,[5][6][7][8][9]. Education to improve self-care should be tailored to each individual patient and based on scientific evidence or expert opinion [1,[10][11][12][13].…”