Development of the SPUR tool: a profiling instrument for patient treatment behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term treatment adherence is a worldwide concern, with nonadherence resulting from a complex interplay of behaviors and health beliefs. Determining an individual's risk of nonadherence and identifying the drivers of that risk are crucial for the development of successful interventions for improving adherence. Here, we describe the development of a new tool assessing a comprehensive set of characteristics predictive of patients' treatment adherence based on the Social, Psychological, Usage and Rational (SPUR) adherence framework. Concepts from existing self-reporting tools of adherence-related behaviors were identified following a targeted MEDLINE literature review and a subset of these concepts were then selected for inclusion in the new tool. SPUR tool items, simult

SUBMITTER: Tugaut B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9170867 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature