A systematic overview of systematic reviews evaluating medication adherence interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To systematically summarize evidence from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) examining interventions addressing medication nonadherence and to discern differences in effectiveness by intervention, patient, and study characteristics.

Summary

MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects were searched for papers published from January 2004 to February 2017. English-language SRs examining benefits of medication adherence interventions were eligible. Inclusion was limited to adult patients prescribed medication for 1 of the following disease conditions: diabetes and prediabetes, heart conditions, hypertension and prehypertension, stroke, and cognitive impairment. Non-disease-specific SRs that considered medicatio

SUBMITTER: Anderson LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946938 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature