Correlation Between Objective Habit Metrics and Objective Medication Adherence: Retrospective Study of 15,818 Participants From Clinical Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication adherence, or how patients take their medication as prescribed, is suboptimal worldwide. Improving medication-taking habit might be an effective way to improve medication adherence. However, habit is difficult to quantify, and conventional habit metrics are self-reported, with recognized limitations. Recently, several objective habit metrics have been proposed, based on objective medication-taking data.

Objective

We aim to explore the correlation between objective habit metrics and objective medication adherence on a large dataset.

Methods

The Medication Event Monitoring System Adherence Knowledge Center, a database of anonymized electronic medication intake data from ambulant participants enrolled in past clinical studies, was used as the data s

SUBMITTER: Pironet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843050 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature