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Session: Behaviors and beliefs: the foundations of adherence

Adherence can vary between patients or within the same patient over time and across treatments1. Prof. Rob Horne emphasized that non-adherence is a variable behavior, not a trait cemented into a patient’s personality. Horne commented: “We assume if we inform the patient and if they have the correct knowledge, then action will follow, but 50% non-adherence and above tells us that often isn’t the case.” To resolve this gap between information and action, providers must give patients a ‘common-sense rationale’ for why the treatment is needed that takes into account the patient’s perceptions of the illness and expectations of symptoms2. 

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Prof. Rob Horne

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References:

  1. Horne R, Weinman J, Barber N, Elliott RA, Morgan M. Concordance, Adherence and Compliance in Medicine Taking: A conceptual map and research priorities (2005). National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D, London
  2. Horne, R., Cooper, V., Wileman, V., & Chan, A. (2019). Supporting adherence to medicines for long-term conditions: A perceptions and practicalities approach based on an extended common-sense model. European Psychologist, 24(1), 82–96.