Recent Research About Nursing, January 2011
January 27, 2011 | Story
New studies examine the effectiveness of nurse-led teams in helping patients manage multiple chronic conditions, and gauge nurses' impact on patients' medication adherence.
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Patient Illiteracy Affects Compliance With Health Care Instructions
December 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Prudential Center for Health Care Research assessed the functional health literacy of 3,260 older Americans at four Prudential HealthCare sites in Cleveland, Ohio Houston, Texas Tampa, Fla. and south Florida.
Ruth Murphey Parker, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzed 127 research studies spanning 59 years to find a positive correlation between physician communication skills, as well as physician training in communication skills and patient adherence to treatment recommendations.
Medication Adherence Changes Following Value-Based Insurance Design
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Value-based insurance design bases cost sharing on a medication's clinical value, not its price. This study shows the effectiveness of value-based insurance design.
Health Behavior Change and Treatment Adherence
January 1, 2010 | Book
This book synthesizes the results from more than 50 years of empirical research, resulting in simple, powerful, and practical guidance for health professionals who want to know the most effective strategies for helping their clients to put long-term health-relevant behavior changes into practice.
Is the Quality of the Patient-Provider Relationship Associated with Better Adherence and Health Outcomes for Patients with HIV?
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Adherence to a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen is one of the most challenging issues facing patients with HIV and their providers. This study examines the association between patient-provider relationship quality and receipt of ...
Self-Reported Medication Adherence and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease
September 10, 2007 | Journal Article
The present article considered cardiovascular patients' adherence to physicians' medication recommendations. Nonadherence was defined as following the suggested medicine regiment 75 percent or less of the time. Study participants were 1,015 outpatie ...
Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
People are highly influenced by what the people in their social network eat.
Relax: Stress Reduction Program Curtails Use of Health Care Services, Increases Compliance and Satisfaction
October 19, 2005 | Program Result
The Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center worked to develop a formal grant proposal for a study of the economic and clinical impacts of a meditation and relaxation program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.