Assessing patient adherence to chronic diseases treatment: differentiating between epidemiological and clinical approaches Avaliação da adesão do paciente ao tratamento de doenças crônicas: diferenciando as abordagens epidemiológica e clínica

Assessing patient adherence to chronic diseases treatment: differentiating between epidemiological and clinical approaches Avaliação da adesão do paciente ao tratamento de doenças crônicas: diferenciando as abordagens epidemiológica e clínica

This review discusses the concepts and methods for assessing patient adherence to treatment, as applied to both epidemiological and clinical approaches within real health care practices. For the epidemiological approach, the assessment must be as accurate as possible. Self-reported questionnaires ar...

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Main Authors: Maria Ines Battistella Nemes, Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena, Joselita M. M Caraciolo, Cáritas Relva Basso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2009-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Cooperação do Paciente
Doença Crônica
Avaliação de Resultado de Intervenções Terapêuticas
Patient Compliance
Chronic Disease
Evaluation of Results of Therapeutic Interventions
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