3. Evidence concerning adherence to prescribed gastroprotective strategies with non-selective NSAIDs.
Table 1, Part B, reports these baseline assumptions concerning adherence rates in the cycle following a relapse.
Data concerning adherence will be analysed by multivariate binomial regression with a latent variable with a level for each practice.
Study characteristics concerning adherence to treatment showed mixed results with some showing low adherence 14, 17, 18, 20– 25, 26, 26 and others showing high adherence.
Thirteen peer-reviewed studies concerning adherence to ART in Nigeria were reviewed with very few pediatric and adolescent studies being found.
This subgroup was not included in analyses due to their lack of medical supervision and their not being questioned concerning adherence.
Several studies concerning adherence to oral medication have been published in the second subpopulation, patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) [ 15, 18, 19].
In a study by Jennings et al. (9), the 'perceived' benefit was that mobile phones were useful for receiving information and reminders concerning adherence to medication.
Counseling and interventions aimed at improving medication adherence among Type 2 diabetes might become more effective through better integration of the patient's perspective and values concerning adherence difficulties and solutions.
4 9 In several Cochrane reviews concerning adherence and continuation rates, the authors have concluded that most studies are hampered either by design or by involvement of pharmaceutical companies, and the results must therefore be interpreted with caution.
Previously conducted studies concerning adherence to antiretrovirals found that a 95% minimum rate of drug assumption is required in order to guarantee a viro-immunological effectiveness of the therapy [ 16].
