26 October, 2022
- Medication adherence can be defined as “the process by which patients take their medication as prescribed”
- Medication non-adherence has been associated with adverse health outcomes, such as worsening disease, increased mortality and increased healthcare costs
- Causes of medication non-adherence are complex and often due to a combination of intertwined factors
- Interventions to improve adherence should be individualised to the patient and targeted to the causes of non-adherence in that patient