The utility of the Necessity"Concerns Framework in explaining treatment non-adherence in four chronic illness groups in Italy

Chronic Illness

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Tibaldi, Giuseppe ^a   Clatworthy, Jane ^b   Torchio, Elisabetta ^a   Argentero, Piergiorgio ^c   Munizza, Carmine ^a   Horne, Rob ^b  

^a Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adherence; Attitudes; Attitudinal analysis; Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire; Necessity" Concerns Framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66549085484     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395309102888     Document Type: Article

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