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February 18, 2004Medical Care

Variations in Patients’ Adherence to Medical Recommendations

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MDM. Robin DiMatteo

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Literature review uncovers significant variability in patient adherence to medical recommendations, highlighting the need for rigorous measurement standards.

Key Points

  • Synthesize the existing literature on patient adherence to medical recommendations and identify methodological priorities for future research.
  • Literature review evaluating published evidence on patient adherence to medical recommendations.
  • Examination of methodological frameworks, focusing on adherence measurement properties and moderating variables.
  • Existing studies reveal substantial variations in patient adherence rates across diverse clinical recommendations.
  • Measurement tools for patient adherence frequently lack documented reliability and validity.
  • Investigation into substantive and methodological moderators remains systematically underdeveloped across the adherence literature.

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M. Robin DiMatteo (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7dd3d33ca018b39ae2fbdhttps://doi.org/10.1097/01.mlr.0000114908.90348.f9
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