Appropriate reductions in compliance among well-controlled hypertensive patients

Antihypertensive drug medication adherence and its affecting factors in South Korea

“…The CMA of hypertensive patients was estimated to be 96-102% in Veterans Affairs Medical Center in USA [10,11], 82.3% in the beneficiaries of a HMO in Massachusetts, USA [12], 100% in the beneficiaries of a HMO in Minnesota, USA [13], 95% in the beneficiaries of a HMO operating in 3 states [14], 62% in Medicaid patients in USA [15]. Excluding an estimated CMA in Medicaid patients [15], this study's CMA was lower than that of the other studies.…”

Differences in Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication Regimens According to Psychiatric Diagnosis: Results of a Korean Population-Based Study

“…Some prior studies have found a relationship between sex and adherence to medication regimens (30,34,35). Several studies have reported that adherence to medication regimens increased with increasing age (34,36).…”

“…This assessment method can overestimate adherence because filling a prescription does not confirm ingestion of the prescribed medication. However, the patients were not aware that their adherence was being monitored, and they did not alter their usual behaviors during the observation period (30). Thus, this method has an advantage over other adherence-monitoring methods (e.g., self-report, pill counts, and electronic monitoring) because it is objective.…”

What's in a name? Medication terms: what they mean and when to use them

“…Several studies have described a strategy of “intelligent non-compliance” in which patients accurately conclude that they can attain the treatment goal by unilaterally reducing their medication dose 16 23…”