In addition to the training, adherence to the method and competence in it's application will be monitored and maintained through professional supervision of a psychiatrist and a music therapy supervisor, utilizing the therapists' clinical notes and video- and audio-recorded therapy sessions.
In addition to the low adherence to the weekly penicillin regimen, there was a significant number of participants who did not see a doctor after their positive result and a substantial number who did not follow up on their confirmatory results to determine whether or not they needed treatment.
In addition to the subjects' changing adherence trajectory, we found that adherence was predicted most strongly by maternal prenatal care adherence, number of other children, maternal marital status, and low income.
In addition to the classification of adherence measures as subjective and objective, many other studies labeled them as direct and indirect [ 7, 15, 21, 22].
In addition to the self-reporting adherence criteria, clients were also requested to complete certain demographic information addressing factors raised by the literature such as gender, age, occupation [ 26- 29] and marital status [ 30, 31].
Finally, the cost-effectiveness of long-term medical therapy following incident hospitalisation for CHD, HF and AF will be assessed, in addition to the impact of adherence on cost-effectiveness.
In addition to the assessment of adherence during the clinic-follow-up based on visual analogue scale, pill identification test and pill count [ 44 ], we assess self-reported adherence using a scale, validated in another African country context, designed to limit both recall and social desirability bias [ 45 - 48 ].
However, in addition to the problems of dichotomising adherence as discussed above, there can be difficulties in operationalising 'optimal' adherence: the definition is likely to differ between study drugs, formulations and dosing regimens (and may not be known for new investigational products), creating further complications for standardising definitions across trials.
In addition to the medical eligibility, patient adherence and commitment is mandatory.
First, some studies have different definitions of adherence, in addition to the variations in study populations, disease states, and study duration.
