Heart failure patients' experiences with continuity of care and its relation to medication adherence: A cross-sectional study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Uijen, Annemarie A ^a   Bosch, Marije ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil J H M ^a   Bor, Hans ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a   Schers, Henk J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Cross boundary continuity; Heart failure; Medication adherence; Personal continuity; Team continuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865280775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-86     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Clinical epidemiology of heart failure. Mosterd A, Hoes AW, Heart 2007 93 9 1137 1146 10.1136/hrt.2003.025270 17699180 (Pubitemid 47311002)
2. Estimating clinical morbidity due to ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure: the future rise of heart failure. Bonneux L, Barendregt JJ, Meeter K, Bonsel GJ, van der Maas PJ, Am J Public Health 1994 84 1 20 28 10.2105/AJPH.84.1.20 8279606 (Pubitemid 24023506)
3. An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA. Westert GP, Lagoe RJ, Keskimaki I, Leyland A, Murphy M, Health Policy 2002 61 3 269 278 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00236-6 12098520 (Pubitemid 34722780)
4. Continuity of care in general practice: a survey of patients' views. Schers H, Webster S, van den Hoogen H, Avery A, Grol R, van den Bosch W, Br J Gen Pract 2002 52 479 459 462 12051209 (Pubitemid 34578182)
5. Continuity of care and caring: what matters to parents of children with life-threatening conditions. Heller KS, Solomon MZ, J Pediatr Nurs 2005 20 5 335 346 10.1016/j.pedn.2005.03.005 16182093 (Pubitemid 41330921)
6. Familiarity with a GP and patients' evaluations of care, A cross-sectional study. Schers H, van den Hoogen H, Bor H, Grol R, van den Bosch W, Fam Pract 2005 22 1 15 19 15640289 (Pubitemid 40309600)
7. Interpersonal continuity of care and patient satisfaction: a critical review. Saultz JW, Albedaiwi W, Ann Fam Med 2004 2 5 445 451 10.1370/afm.91 15506579 (Pubitemid 39421114)
8. Continuity of care and health outcomes among persons with severe mental illness. Adair CE, McDougall GM, Mitton CR, Joyce AS, Wild TC, Gordon A, Costigan N, Kowalsky L, Pasmeny G, Beckie A, Psychiatr Serv 2005 56 9 1061 1069 10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1061 16148318 (Pubitemid 41266832)
9. Good continuity of care may improve quality of life in Type 2 diabetes. Hanninen J, Takala J, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2001 51 1 21 27 10.1016/S0168-8227(00)00198-4 11137178 (Pubitemid 32008448)
10. Physician follow-up and provider continuity are associated with long-term medication adherence: a study of the dynamics of statin use. Brookhart MA, Patrick AR, Schneeweiss S, Avorn J, Dormuth C, Shrank W, van Wijk BL, Cadarette SM, Canning CF, Solomon DH, Arch Intern Med 2007 167 8 847 852 10.1001/archinte.167.8.847 17452550 (Pubitemid 46658345)
11. Physician-patient relationship and medication compliance: a primary care investigation. Kerse N, Buetow S, Mainous AG III, Young G, Coster G, Arroll B, Ann Fam Med 2004 2 5 455 461 10.1370/afm.139 15506581 (Pubitemid 39421116)
12. UK GPs' and practice nurses' views of continuity of care for patients with type 2 diabetes. Alazri MH, Heywood P, Neal RD, Leese B, Fam Pract 2007 24 2 128 137 10.1093/fampra/cmm003 17283217 (Pubitemid 47079261)
13. Continuity of care: a multidisciplinary review. Haggerty JL, Reid RJ, Freeman GK, Starfield BH, Adair CE, McKendry R, BMJ 2003 327 7425 1219 1221 10.1136/bmj.327.7425.1219 14630762 (Pubitemid 37465211)
14. Reid R, Haggerty J, McKendry R, Defusing the confusion: concepts and measures of continuity of health care University of Columbia: Prepared for the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, the Canadian Institute for health information and the advisory committee on health services of the federal/provincial/territorial Deputy Ministers of Health 2002 http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/hpru/pdf/hpru02-6D.pdf
15. Defining and measuring interpersonal continuity of care. Saultz JW, Ann Fam Med 2003 1 3 134 143 10.1370/afm.23 15043374
16. Structured chronic primary care and health-related quality of life in chronic heart failure. Bosch M, van der Weijden T, Grol R, Schers H, Akkermans R, Niessen L, Wensing M, BMC Health Serv Res 2009 9 104 10.1186/1472-6963-9-104 19545385
17. Schers HJ, Continuity of care in general practice. Exploring the balance between personal and informational continuity PhD thesis: adboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of primary care 2004
18. How unique is continuity of care? A review of continuity and related concepts. Uijen AA, Schers HJ, Schellevis FG, van den Bosch WJ, Fam Pract 2011 10.1093/fampra/cmr104 23045354
19. Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of medication adherence. Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM, Med Care 1986 24 1 67 74 10.1097/00005650-198601000-00007 3945130 (Pubitemid 16125389)
20. Not getting to goal: the clinical costs of noncompliance. Ansell BJ, J Manag Care Pharm 2008 14 6 Suppl B 9 15 18693783
21. Medication compliance: a healthcare problem. Berg JS, Dischler J, Wagner DJ, Raia JJ, Palmer-Shevlin N, Ann Pharmacother 1993 27 9 Suppl 1 S24 8400462
22. Adherence to treatment and health outcomes. Horwitz RI, Horwitz SM, Arch Intern Med 1993 153 16 1863 1868 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410160017001 8250647 (Pubitemid 23329840)
23. Impact of medication adherence on hospitalization risk and healthcare cost. Sokol MC, McGuigan KA, Verbrugge RR, Epstein RS, Med Care 2005 43 6 521 530 10.1097/01.mlr.0000163641.86870.af 15908846 (Pubitemid 40847288)
24. Continuity of care and trust in one's physician: evidence from primary care in the United States and the United Kingdom. Mainous AG, Baker R, Love MM, Gray DP, Gill JM, Fam Med 2001 33 1 22 27 11199905 (Pubitemid 32064265)
25. Impact of provider continuity on quality of care for persons with diabetes mellitus. Gill JM, Mainous AG III, Diamond JJ, Lenhard MJ, Ann Fam Med 2003 1 3 162 170 10.1370/afm.22 15043378
26. Measuring continuity of care in diabetes mellitus: an experience-based measure. Gulliford MC, Naithani S, Morgan M, Ann Fam Med 2006 4 6 548 555 10.1370/afm.578 17148634 (Pubitemid 44916081)
27. Measurement of continuity of care in cardiac patients: reliability and validity of an in-person questionnaire. Hadjistavropoulos HD, Biem HJ, Kowalyk KM, Can J Cardiol 2004 20 9 883 891 15266358 (Pubitemid 39172876)