The phrase "adhering to the programme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing compliance or following a specific plan or set of guidelines.
Example: "The team is committed to adhering to the programme to ensure the project's success."
Alternatives: "following the programme" or "sticking to the programme".
The 4-week follow up is by telephone and aims to provide positive reinforcement to those adhering to the programme, identify any barriers preventing participants from adhering to the programme and discuss strategies to overcome these.
While some participants mentioned stopping the exercises early when their symptoms improved, the main reason participants gave for not adhering to the programme was that the exercises induced dizziness and often worsened their symptoms to start with.
9 These accounts of improved perceptions of health and well-being are positively reinforcing for both adhering to the programme and to sustaining behaviour change after the programme has ended.
This could suggest that the programme is equally effective in men and women, but may also reflect a tendency for men to only commence a referral if they are committed to adhering to the programme and the format is appealing to them.
In the majority of studies of implementation fidelity, this is done through examining intervention adherence; in other words, the extent to which the programme delivered adheres to the programme's design specifications with respect to coverage, frequency and duration of the intervention [ 28].
Thirty-three padhered adhered to the programme (attended ≥ 4 education sessions) (n=33/53; 62.3%).
In general, the rate of MTCT averted by the national PMTCT programme appears promising among those who adhered to the programme.
It is difficult to draw firm conclusions about the effects of interventions on health outcomes when it is unclear whether participants fully adhered to the programme of activity.
Conversely, others in the early rehabilitation group may have not returned to baseline function because the intervention was insufficiently intense or they did not adequately adhere to the programme after discharge.
All patients failing to attend the follow-up visits were called by telephone within three months from the start of the detoxification programme in order to ascertain their reasons for not adhering to the treatment programme.
Burdens considered included the demands of adhering to the recommendations that programmes, patients or caregivers (e.g. family) may have to bear, such as having to undergo more frequent tests, taking additional medications, or opting for a treatment that has a risk for toxicity.
