Assessment of Non-Adherence to Oral Metformin and Atorvastatin Therapies: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Piedmont (Italy).

Marco ParenteIrene PignataRoberto Gnavi Teresa Spadea Mirko Di MartinoFrancesca BarattaPaola Brusa

Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2020)

Community pharmacies can be an appropriate setting to identify non-adherent patients. Therefore, healthcare professionals could realize an integrated and structured intervention to improve adherence. However, MAQ could underestimate the number of non-adherent patients. Further studies to test the association between non-adherence prevalence and being the customer of a specific pharmacy should be performed.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
randomized controlled trial
prognostic factors
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
adipose tissue