ReviewPharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2020
The Consequences of General Medication Beliefs Measured by the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire on Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review.
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- The influence of patients' beliefs about medicines and the relationship with suboptimal medicine use in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of quantitative studies.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024Pooled it
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- Predicting Medication Adherence in Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia in Oman: The Role of Beliefs and Fatigue.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Machine learning approaches to predicting medication nonadherence: a scoping review.International journal of medical informatics · 2025Article
- Beliefs About Medicines and Adherence to Biologic Therapy in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Adherence Barriers, Patient Satisfaction, and Depression in Albanian Ambulatory Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- "These Drugs Are Going to Save Our Lives" A Mixed Methods Study on the Role of Medication Perceptions in Adherence to Oral Anticancer Agents Among Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Identifying Dimensions and Items for a Questionnaire to Assess Medication Adherence in Men and Women with Ischemic Heart Disease: Insights from the GENADHECAR Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
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- Enablers and Barriers to Medication Self-Management in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Model.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
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- Different diseases, different needs: Patient preferences for gene therapy in lysosomal storage disorders, a probabilistic threshold technique survey.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Article
- Parents' Beliefs about Medicines and Their Influence on Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence in Children with Asthma.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Non-adherence, medication beliefs and symptom burden among patients receiving hemodialysis -a cross-sectional study.BMC nephrology · 2023Article
- Attitudes and practices of health care providers towards improving adherence to smoking cessation medications in Australia: A descriptive study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2023Article
- Exploring the lived experiences of debilitating period pain management in the UK.British journal of pain · 2023Article
- Relationship between Treatment Burden, Health Literacy, and Medication Adherence in Older Adults Coping with Multiple Chronic Conditions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Examining clinician choice to follow-up (or not) on automated notifications of medication non-adherence by clinical decision support systems.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Study on the Perception of Medication Adherence by the Social Circles of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: Medication adherence is a key determinant of patient health outcomes in chronic illnesses. However, adherence to long-term therapy remains poor. General beliefs about medicine are considered factors influencing medication adherence. It is essential to address the gap in the literature regarding understanding the impact of general beliefs about medicine on medication adherence to promote adherence in chronic illnesses. (2) Methods: PubMed, CINHAL, and EMBASE databases were searched. Studies were included if they examined medication beliefs using the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire in one of four chronic illnesses: hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and/or asthma. (3) Results: From 1799 articles obtained by the search, only 11 met the inclusion criteria. Hypertension and diabetes represented 91% of included studies, while asthma represented 9%. Higher medication adherence was associated with negative general medication beliefs; 65% of the included studies found a negative association between harm beliefs and adherence, while 30% of studies found a negative association with overuse beliefs. (4) Conclusions: This review evaluated the impact of harm and overuse beliefs about medicines on medication adherence, highlighting the gap in literature regarding the impact of harm and overuse beliefs on adherence. Further research is needed to fully identify the association between general beliefs and medication adherence in people with different cultural backgrounds, and to explore these beliefs in patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses, particularly asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Healthcare providers need to be aware of the impact of patients' cultural backgrounds on general medication beliefs and adherence.
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