From: Adherence influencing factors – a systematic review of systematic reviews
Study | Search period | Inclusion criteria* |
---|---|---|
Broekmans [11] | Not limited – 12/2006 | Adult patients with chronic non -malignant pain |
Adult patients with prescribed pain medication | ||
Original research | ||
Daley [12] | Not limited – 01/2012 | Patients with Parkinson |
All ranges and duration of anti- parkinsonian treatments | ||
All age ranges | ||
Published in English | ||
Presenting quantitative/qualitative data | ||
Oosterom-Calo [13] | Not limited – 08/2010 | ≥50% heart failure patients |
Quantitative results were reported | ||
Studies of at least fair quality | ||
Evaluations of interventions were not the main purpose | ||
No descriptive study | ||
No review paper | ||
Published in English | ||
Pasma [14] | Not limited – 02/2011 | Inflammatory arthritis patients |
Used a reproducible definition or validated instrument to measure adherence | ||
Provided a statistical measure to reflect the strength of the association between the determinant and adherence | ||
No letters, editorials, reviews, RCTs, case reports, qualitative studies and opinion articles | ||
Schrijvers [15] | Not reported – 15/2012 | Haemophilia A or B |
Prophylactic treatment | ||
All age groups | ||
Sinnott [16] | 1946 – 09/2012 | Participants received healthcare from a public insurance scheme |
Comparator group was the same population/similar population who either didn’t pay copayments or experienced no increase in copayment | ||
The intervention was copayment; either an increase in an existing copayment or the introduction of a copayment (no other types of cost-sharing, for example co-insurance) | ||
Studies included were randomised controlled trials, controlled before and after studies, interrupted time series designs, repeated measures designs, and cohort designs | ||
Verbrugghe [17] | NR | Oral anti- cancer drugs |
Age ≥ 18 | ||
Strong or moderate methodological quality | ||
Written in English, French, German or Dutch | ||
Original research articles published between 1990 and April 2012 | ||
Studies not conducted in developing countries | ||
All study designs |