Validation of the Identification of Medication Adherence Barriers Questionnaire (IMAB-Q); a Behavioural Science-Underpinned Tool for Identifying Non-Adherence and Diagnosing an Individual’s Barriers to Adherence
Debi Bhattacharya, Tracey J Brown, Allan B Clark, Alexandra L Dima, Claire Easthall, Natalie Taylor, Zhicheng Li · 2023
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Debi Bhattacharya and co-authors test in 2023 a form that helps health staff find out why a patient does not take medicine as prescribed. Skipping doses is common and harmful, but the fix depends on the cause, which varies from person to person. Their form lists 30 possible barriers, built from past research on behavior.
Adults who take drugs to prevent heart and vessel disease filled in the form at nine pharmacies in England. The team checked whether the form picks out who needs support and names their main barriers well. The form is meant to guide staff to the right talk based fixes for each barrier. A tool that sorts barriers fast could turn a short pharmacy visit into a tailored plan. That in turn could lift how well long term drugs are taken.
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| CREATOR | Debi Bhattacharya, Tracey J Brown, Allan B Clark, Alexandra L Dima, Claire Easthall, Natalie Taylor, Zhicheng Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |