Development and validation of an instrument to assess treatment adherence for each individual drug taken by a patient.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate an instrument to assess adherence to each individual drug taken by patients undergoing long-term treatment.

Design

Multicentre prospective observational validation study.

Setting

Six general practitioners' clinics and 6 university hospitals in Paris, France.

Participants

Patients 18 years and older receiving at least one long-term treatment.

Methods

The instrument was developed from a literature search and interviews with experts. Clarity and wording were assessed during pilot testing with 51 patients. The tool was validated in a sample of consecutive patients. We assessed agreement between adherence measured with our tool and drug diaries and compared measurements from our instrument with (1) the Lu instrument; (2) the

SUBMITTER: Sidorkiewicz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4874131 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature