Patient-Centered Outcomes of Medication Adherence Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Using meta-analytic procedures to synthesize changes in patient-centered outcomes after medication adherence interventions.

Methods

Strategies to locate studies included online searches of 13 databases and 19 research registries, hand searches of 57 journals, and author and ancestry searches of all eligible studies. Search terms included patient compliance, medication adherence, and related terms. Searches were conducted for all studies published since 1960. Eligible published or unpublished primary studies tested medication adherence interventions and reported medication knowledge, quality of life, physical function, and symptom outcomes. Primary study attributes and outcome data were reliably coded. Overall standardized mean differences (SMDs) were analyzed using

SUBMITTER: Conn VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4812829 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature