Methodological issues in the assessment of diabetes treatment adherence

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 472-479

  Gonzalez, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Schneider, Havah E ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Diabetes; Measurement; Medication adherence; Methodologic issues; Reliability; Self report; Treatment adherence; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACY; PILL; PILL COUNT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY; VIRUS LOAD;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 80755189917     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-011-0229-4     Document Type: Review

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