Assessing reported adherence to pharmacological treatment recommendations. Translation and evaluation of the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS) in Germany

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-579

  Mahler, Cornelia ^a   Hermann, Katja ^a   Horne, Rob ^b   Ludt, Sabine ^a   Haefeli, Walter Emil ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Jank, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; MARS; Medication therapy management; Outcome assessment; Patient compliance; Translation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE REPORT SCALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952928044     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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