Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities (Hardcover)

About the Author Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Scope of Noncompliance and Other Issues Drugs, Pharmacists, and Insurance Self-Care Self-Medication Patient Compliance Issues Noncompliance As an Alternative The Consequences of Noncompliance Factors Affecting Compliance Dosing Devices to Aid Patient Compliance Communication Manufacturers Summary Chapter 3. Drug Therapies Leading to Noncompliant Activity (Jayashri Sankaranarayanan) Introduction Medication Adherence or Compliance: Definitions, Estimates, Measurement, and Interventions Theoretical Aspects Structure and Demand of Drug Therapies Medical-Condition-Related Factors Medication-Therapy-Related Factors Patient-Related Factors Health Professional Attributes and Health System Factors Conclusions and Future Directions Chapter 4. The Costs of Noncompliance Introduction Asthma Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Diabetes Infectious Disease Seizures The Elderly Antipsychotic Therapy Transplantation Pharmacotherapy Chapter 5. Definitions and Measurement of Compliance Definitions of Compliance Noncompliance: Negative Connotations Measurement of Compliance Methods to Detect Compliance Physicians Estimates of Their Patients Compliance Can Physicians Be Noncompliant? Chapter 6. Models to Evaluate Patient Compliance (Christopher Cook) Health Belief Model Theory of Reasoned Action Theory of Planned Behavior Social Cognitive Theory Transtheoretical Model Other Models Conclusions Chapter 7. Methods to Impact Patient Compliance Types of Impacts on Compliance Specific Ways to Improve Compliance Getting into the Habit of Complying Other Considerations Summary Chapter 8. Bridging the Gap Between Provider and Patient Variables: Concordance The Concordance Movement in Concept and Action Concordance Chapter 9. Ethics of Compliance Capital Punishment and Assisted Suicide Noncompliance As a Patient Prerogative Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) Act and Impacts Upon Compliance Information Technology Questionable, If Not, Unethical Practices Pharmaceutical Company Research and Clinical Trials Chapter 10. The Role of Health Professionals in Influencing Patient Compliance (Richard Schulz) Recognize Limitations and Biases Make Sense of the Vast and Contradictory Literature Commitment to the Development of Best Practices Regarding Medication Adherence Recent Trends in Compliance Research Summary Chapter 11. Disease State Management in Older Persons with Hyperlipidemia (Louis Roller and Jenny Gowan) Lipid-Lowering Agents Adherence to Lipid-Lowering Therapy Scenario Identification of Drug Therapy Problems Possible Changes in Therapy and Benefits/Problems Possible Changes in Therapy Chapter 12. Current and Future Considerations Achieving Perfection? Complicated Considerations Physician and Drug Effects Questions (Important Factors) to Consider Future Considerations with Emerging Drug Therapies Where Do We Go From Here? Index Reference Notes Included