The A14-scale: Development and evaluation of a questionnaire for assessment of adherence and individual barriers

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-431

  Jank, Susanne ^a   Bertsche, Thilo ^a   Schellberg, Dieter ^a   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A14 scale; Drug therapy; German language; Patient compliance; Psychometry; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

A14 QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORISKY MEDICATION ADHERENCE SCALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 67651089779     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9296-x     Document Type: Article

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