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To support healthcare professionals in improving adherence, a series of articles has been developed to provide digestible learning resources around the role behavior science plays in adherence, including practical insights relating to therapy areas. The articles provide a useful companion to a series of masterclasses where the subjects of adherence and behavioral science are explored in more depth.

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Power of algorithm: Identifying high-risk non-adherent patient groups

Medication adherence is essential for successful treatment, especially for long-term chronic diseases. Adherence simply means taking the medicine or performing intervention as prescribed by doctors. Non-adherence to therapy can make any treatment ineffective, leading to suboptimal health results. This may further escalate to be the cause of increased morbidity and mortality1-3. Non-adherence is also a…

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Interventions to tackle medication non-adherence

Medication adherence, or the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed, is remarkably low and it has been reported that typically, patients adhere to about 50% of prescribed medications1. Factors causing medication non-adherence are varied and can be grouped into patient-related, therapy-related, and healthcare system-related1. Some of the common reasons are forgetfulness, adverse effects,…

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Healthcare practitioners: A potential springboard for adherence success

Optimum disease management requires taking medication in the required dosage at the right time as advised by health care practitioners (HCPs). Patients, however, fail to adhere to the prescription even though they have some idea about the benefits. The World health organization declared that resolving treatment non-adherence will have a far greater impact on human…

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Personalization of adherence support with Patient Support Programs (PSPs): the advent of the digital era

The video will coming soon… Patient Support Programs (PSPs) are behavioral interventions designed to help patients adhere to their medication and treatment plans PSPs are increasingly incorporating digital components, such as SMS, web portals and artificial intelligence to reach the broadest patient population possible Effective PSPs are personalized, applying behavioral-science technique to digital interventions to…

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Understanding adherence from a cardiovascular-disease perspective

The video will coming soon… Key Messages   Adherence is a behavior that encompasses the patient, the healthcare provider and the ability to follow agreed recommendations e.g., dietary changes and exercise  Adherence comprises multiple stages and can be divided into intentional or non-intentional behaviors  There are a variety of factors that influence one’s ability to adhere,…

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The role of beliefs in non-adherence

The video will coming soon… Beliefs have a strong influence over a patient’s motivation to adhere to treatment These include patient beliefs about their illness, their treatment and their own capacity for adhering (self-efficacy) It is vital that clinicians assess patients individually to understand their beliefs and motivations, supporting them in adhering to their medication…

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Explaining non-adherence – The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behavior (COM-B) framework

The video will coming soon… There are many reasons, some modifiable, that patients do not adhere to cardiovascular-disease treatments, therefore, a comprehensive framework for assessing and understanding adherence is needed1 The COM-B system is a framework for understanding behavior that has been applied to adherence, encompassing Capability, Opportunity and Motivation2,3 COM-B allows for a precise…

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