Farida Ize Abdulkadir 15903066 Role of pharmacists in improving medication adherence
Content
I. Definition of Adherence
II. Types of adherence
III. What is non-adherence
IV. Types of non-adherence
V. Reasons for non-adherence
VI. Methods used to detect adherence or non-adherence towards medication
VII. Definition of medication adherence
VIII. Importance of medication adherence
IX. Role of pharmacist in improving medication adherence
X. Conclusion.
Definition
Adherence to medication can be proposed as the active and voluntary willingness of a patient who has been prescribed with medications in order to improve their illness or disease, follows through with the physician’s instruction and takes their medication at the time required and in …show more content…
Primary non-adherence medication: Non-adherence to medication under this category, is solidly due to lack of prescription by the physician which in any case, patient’s adherence to the medication should not be expected.
b. Secondary non-adherence: in this category the patient has been well informed and educated regarding their medication but still shows a result of non-adherence, it can be divided into two groups for proper understanding.
I. Unintentional: as the name suggests, this type of secondary non-adherence is a non-voluntary act by the patient that leads to non-adherence of their medication. For example, a patient prescribed with one gram of paracetamol to be taken orally three times daily slept through the afternoon and forgets to take his or her medication. The patient is considered to have missed their afternoon medication …show more content…
Predisposing factors: patient adheres to their medication due to past experience, their perception towards the illness, pain or the severity of the disease. Patients adhere to their medication due to their basic understanding and their belief towards their illness, fear of the severity of the illness will push a patient to adhere to their medication. For example, a patient who had recently found out to be HIV positive was prescribed zidovudine along with some other drugs will more likely stick to their medication because of fear of death rather than their willingness to comply with the medication, the belief of death in this patient is a predisposed
Content
I. Definition of Adherence
II. Types of adherence
III. What is non-adherence
IV. Types of non-adherence
V. Reasons for non-adherence
VI. Methods used to detect adherence or non-adherence towards medication
VII. Definition of medication adherence
VIII. Importance of medication adherence
IX. Role of pharmacist in improving medication adherence
X. Conclusion.
Definition
Adherence to medication can be proposed as the active and voluntary willingness of a patient who has been prescribed with medications in order to improve their illness or disease, follows through with the physician’s instruction and takes their medication at the time required and in …show more content…
Primary non-adherence medication: Non-adherence to medication under this category, is solidly due to lack of prescription by the physician which in any case, patient’s adherence to the medication should not be expected.
b. Secondary non-adherence: in this category the patient has been well informed and educated regarding their medication but still shows a result of non-adherence, it can be divided into two groups for proper understanding.
I. Unintentional: as the name suggests, this type of secondary non-adherence is a non-voluntary act by the patient that leads to non-adherence of their medication. For example, a patient prescribed with one gram of paracetamol to be taken orally three times daily slept through the afternoon and forgets to take his or her medication. The patient is considered to have missed their afternoon medication …show more content…
Predisposing factors: patient adheres to their medication due to past experience, their perception towards the illness, pain or the severity of the disease. Patients adhere to their medication due to their basic understanding and their belief towards their illness, fear of the severity of the illness will push a patient to adhere to their medication. For example, a patient who had recently found out to be HIV positive was prescribed zidovudine along with some other drugs will more likely stick to their medication because of fear of death rather than their willingness to comply with the medication, the belief of death in this patient is a predisposed