2016
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1132884
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Primary adherence to antidepressant prescriptions in primary health care: a population-based study in Sweden

Abstract: BackgroundMedical adherence is important in the treatment of depression. Primary medical adherence, i.e. patients collecting their newly prescribed medications from pharmacies, is very different depending on the drug prescribedObjectiveTo assess the rate of primary medical adherence in patients prescribed antidepressants and to identify characteristics that make patients less likely to pick up prescriptions.MethodsAn observational study was performed using primary health care data from Sweden on patients who w… Show more

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“…Of the 33 articles, 28 were observational studies and five were controlled trials . Five studies were conducted in Europe, and the remaining were conducted in the United States or Canada .…”
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“…Of the 33 articles, 28 were observational studies and five were controlled trials . Five studies were conducted in Europe, and the remaining were conducted in the United States or Canada .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of the 33 articles, 28 were observational studies and five were controlled trials . Five studies were conducted in Europe, and the remaining were conducted in the United States or Canada . Thirty studies reported study periods ranging from 1.5 to 60 months, while the rest did not report the study period .…”
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“…Similar observations have been made in other studies, across conditions and locations in Europe and the United States. 17,21,26 While it is possible that this greater compliance might be related to compare the rate of primary nonadherence to different drugs prescribed to a patient at the same time, and assess supposed prioritization. Finally, most of the analyzed e -prescriptions were issued within the course of the national e -prescription system pilot.…”
Section: Primary Nonadherence In the Subgroup Of Drugs Of Key Importancementioning
confidence: 99%