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Patient Compliance with Medical Regimens

Updated 01/27/03

The following is a listing of published articles applying or analyzing the index of patient compliance with medical regimens as outlined in the following two articles:

1. Green, L. W., Levine, D. M., Wolle, J., & Deeds, S. G.  Development of randomized patient education experiments with urban poor hypertensives. Patient Counseling and Health Education 1: 106-11, 1979.

2. Morisky, D. E., Green, L. W., & Levine, D. M. Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of medication adherence. Medical Care, 24: 67-74, 1986.

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Abraham, C., Clift, S., & Grabowski, P. Cognitive predictors of adherence to malaria prophylaxis regimens on return from a malarious region: A prospective study. Social Science and Medicine, 48: 1641-1654, 1999.

Brooks, C. M., Richards, J. M., Kohler, C. L., Soong, S-J., Martin, B., Windsor, R. A., & Bailey, W. C. Assessing adherence to asthma medication and inhaler regimens: A psychometric analysis of adult self-report. Medical Care, 32 (3): 298-307, 1994.

Cantor J, Morisky DE, Levine DM, Green LW.  Cost Effectiveness of Educational Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Blood Pressure Control.  Preventive Medicine 1985; 14:782-800.

Chousa, F. P., Guillen, V. F. G., Lopez, R. P., & Sanchez, J. M. Non-compliance with scheduled visits in arterial hypertension: Profile of the non-compliant patient (in Spanish). Revista Clinica Espanola, 198 (10): 669-672, 1998.

Coyle, Y. M. & Battles, J. B. Using antecedents of medical care to develop valid quality of care measures. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 11 (1): 5-12, 1999.

Goldberg, A. I., Cohen, G., & Rubin, A-H. E. Physician assessments of patient compliance with medical treatment. Social Science and Medicine, 47 (11): 1873-1876, 1998.

Gregoire, J- P., Guibert, R., Archambault, A., & Contandriopoulos, A-P. Medication compliance in a family practice. Canadian Family Physician, 38: 2333-2337, October 1992.

Helliwell, P. S., O’Hara, M., Holdsworth, J., Hesselden, A., King, T., & Evans, P. A 12-month randomized controlled trial of patient education on radiographic changes and quality of life in early rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 38: 303-308, 1999.

Holzemer, W. L., Corless, I. B., Nokes, K. M., Turner, J. G., Brown, M. A., Powell-Cope, G. M., Inouye, J., Henry, S. B., Nicholas, P. K., & Protillo, C. J. Predictors of self-reported adherence in persons living with HIV disease. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 13 (3): 185-197, 1999.

Horne, R; Weinman, J. Patients' beliefs about prescribed medicines and their role in adherence to treatment in chronic physical illness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 47 (6): 555-567, 1999.

Karlson, E. W., Daltroy, L. H., Lew, R. A., Wright, E. A., Partridge, A. J., Fossel, A. H., Roberts, W. N., Stern, S. H., Straaton, K. V., Wacholtz, M. C., Kavanaugh, A. F., Grosflam, J. M. & Liang, M. H. The relationship of socioeconomic status, race, and modifiable risk factors to outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 40 (1): 47-56, 1997.

McCombs, J. S., Liu, G., Shi, J., Feng, W., Cody, M., Parker, J. P., Nichol, M. B., Hay, J. W., Johnson, K. A., Groshen, S. L., & Nye, M. T. The Kaiser Permanente/USC Patient Consultation Study: Change in use and cost of health care services. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 55 (23): 2485-2499, 1998.

McNagny, S. E., Ahluwalia, J. S., Clark, W. S. & Resnicow, K. A. Cigarette smoking and severe uncontrolled hypertension in inner-city African Americans. The American Journal of Medicine, 103: 121-127, August 1997.

Malotte CK, Morisky DE.  Using an Unobtrusively Monitored Comparison Study Group in a Longitudinal Design. Health Education Research, 9:153-160, 1994.
 

Morisky DE, Malotte CK, Choi P, et al.  A Patient Education Program to Improve Adherence Rate with Antituberculosis Drug Regimens.  Health Education Quarterly, 17:253-268, 1990.

Malotte CK, Morisky DE.  Using an Unobtrusively Monitored Comparison Study Group in a Longitudinal Design.  Health Education Research, 9:153-160, 1994.


Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM.  Concurrent and Predictive Validity of a Self-Reported Measure of Medication Adherence and Long-Term Predictive Validity of Blood Pressure Control.  Medical Care, 24:67-74, 1986.

Morisky DE.  Nonadherence to Medical Recommendations for Hypertensive Patients:  Problems and Potential Solutions.  Journal of Compliance in Health Care, 1:5-20, 1986.

Morisky DE, Malotte CK, Choi P, et al.  A Patient Education Program to Improve Adherence Rate with Antituberculosis Drug Regimens.  Health Education Quarterly, 17:253-268, 1989.


Morisky DE, Tiglao TV, Sneed CD, Tempongko SB, Baltazar JC, Detels R, Stein J. The Effects of Establishment Practices, Knowledge and Attitudes on Condom Use among Filipina Sex Workers. AIDS Care, 10 (2):213-220, 1998.



Morisky DE, Lees NB, Sharif BA, Liu KY, Ward HJ. Reducing Disparities in Hypertension Control: A Community Based Hypertension Control Project (CHIP) for a Low Income Minority Population.  Health Promotion Practice, 3:267-278, 2002.


Morisky DE, Lees NB, Sharif BA, Liu KY, Ward HJ. Reducing Disparities in Hypertension Control: A Community Based Hypertension Control Project (CHIP) for a Low Income Minority Population.  Health Promotion Practice, 3:267-278, 2002.

Morisky DE, Ang A, Sneed C. Validating the Effects of Social Desirability on Self-Reported Condom Use.  AIDS Education and  Prevention, 14:351-360, 2002.


Nichol, M. B., Venturini, F., Sung, J. C. Y. A critical evaluation of the methodology of the literature on medication compliance. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 33: 531-540, 1999.

Ordonez, G.A., Phelan, P. D. Olinsky, A. & Robertson, C. F. Preventable factors in hospital admissions for asthma. Arch Dis Child, 78: 143-147, 1998.

Pavlik, V. N., Hyman, D. J., Vallbona, C., Toronjo, C. & Louis, K. Hypertension awareness and control in an inner-city African-American sample. Journal of Human Hypertension, 11: 277-283, 1997.

Rand, C.S. "I took the medicine like you told me, doctor": Self-report of adherence with medical regimens. Science of Self-Report.  2000. p.257-276 (LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, MAHWAH, NJ).

Schulz, R., Kruse, W. H.-H., Meier-Baumgartner, H. P. Comprehensive geriatric assessment and drug therapy in hospitalized patients. Z Gerontol Geriat, 28: 429-434, 1995.

Sung, J. C. Y., Nichol, M. B., Venturini, F., Bailey, K. L., McCombs, J. S., & Cody, M. Factors affecting patient compliance with antihyperlipidemic medications in an HMO population. American Journal of Managed Care, 4 (10): 1421-1430, 1998.

Venturini, F., Nichol, M. B., Sung, J. C. Y., Bailey, K. L., Cody, M., & McCombs, J. S. Compliance with sulfonylureas in a health maintenance organization: A pharmacy record-based study. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 33 (3): 281-288, 1999.

Wainwright, S. P. & Gould, D. Non-adherence with medications in organ transplant patients: a literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26: 968-977, 1997.

Ward HJ, Morisky DE, Lees NB, Fong R.  A Community Based Approach to Hypertension Control for an Underserved Minority Population: Design and Methods.  American Journal of Hypertension 2000; 13:177-183.

Williams, M. V., Baker, D. W., Honig, E. G., Lee, T. M., & Nowlan, A. Inadequate literacy is a barrier to asthma knowledge and self-care. Chest, 114 (4): 1008-1015, 1998.


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