Consistent with the IMB model, we hypothesized that adherence-related information and motivation would determine adherence-related behavioral skills, which, in turn, would determine adherence behavior, and behavior would determine glycemic control.
To determine the rate of intentional and unintentional nonadherence in glaucoma patients and to identify associations between adherence behavior and patients' beliefs.
Companies like TowerView Health and Tricella are developing pill boxes that detect and store patient adherence behavior, while others like PillPack and ZipDrug are developing more intuitive packaging and delivery options to take out much of the confusion of medication management.
Reasons for this are unknown, but could relate to differences in health-seeking or adherence behavior [59].
Multiple measures of adherence were used to estimate adherence behavior, and all suggest adherence is in the range needed for treatment success.
Additionally, approximately 10% of participants did not complete the study, and their adherence behavior may have differed from children remaining in the study.
Associations between LoC and treatment adherence behavior have been found in earlier studies [ 33- 35].
Knowledge about HTN and its treatment was found to be positively associated with adherence behavior.
The remaining PDC-based categorizations did not capture patients with uniform adherence behavior based on GBTM.
Patients' income was significantly associated with their adherence behavior (P = 0.001).
Adherence and other potential mediators of adherence behavior will be assessed on a final visit.
