One interpretation of this finding is that unequal assessment of adherence between the adherent and the non adherent patients may have introduced bias in our estimates.
Assessment of adherence to iron, assessed by telephone or personal contact during the clinic visit, indicated that 70%% of the children reported 100%% adherence, 20%% missed 1 2 weeks of therapy, and 10%% missed over 2 weeks of iron therapy.
Assessment of adherence to the treatment programme will be assessed with examination of exercise logs completed by clients at each attendance and signed off by the supervising therapist.
Assessment of adherence to the study medication regimen will be assessed at each assessment time point (3 months, 6 months and 12 months).
As there is no single method that allows an accurate and complete assessment of adherence it is recommended to use a combination of methods, including self-report and medicines' weight measurements.
Although the assessment of adherence is not uniform and subject to methodological bias, the relationship between poor adherence and virological failure is not disputed [7], [18], [19].
Assessment of adherence will be based on pharmacy data.
There is no gold standard assessment of adherence.
Footwear age at assessment of adherence was 1.4 ± 0.9 years.
First, the assessment of adherence based on data from the pharmacy electronic records allows a reliable assessment of adherence in terms of prescriptions dispensed.
The assessment of adherence to guidelines may often require facts that are recorded in plain text.
