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Pharmacological interventions for ADHD: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence?

Adherence to medication can be problematic for patients, especially so for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Effective medications are available for the treatment of ADHD; however, nonadherence rates for ADHD medication range from 13.2%–64%. The reasons for nonadherence...

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Autor principal: McCarthy, Suzanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25284990
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S42145
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description Adherence to medication can be problematic for patients, especially so for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Effective medications are available for the treatment of ADHD; however, nonadherence rates for ADHD medication range from 13.2%–64%. The reasons for nonadherence can be complex. This review aims to look at how the beliefs and attitudes of adolescents and adults impact ADHD treatment adherence.
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spelling pubmed-41816442014-10-03 Pharmacological interventions for ADHD: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence? McCarthy, Suzanne Patient Prefer Adherence Review Adherence to medication can be problematic for patients, especially so for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Effective medications are available for the treatment of ADHD; however, nonadherence rates for ADHD medication range from 13.2%–64%. The reasons for nonadherence can be complex. This review aims to look at how the beliefs and attitudes of adolescents and adults impact ADHD treatment adherence. Dove Medical Press 2014-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4181644/ /pubmed/25284990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S42145 Text en © 2014 McCarthy. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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title_fullStr Pharmacological interventions for ADHD: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence?
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacological interventions for ADHD: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence?
title_short Pharmacological interventions for ADHD: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence?
title_sort pharmacological interventions for adhd: how do adolescent and adult patient beliefs and attitudes impact treatment adherence?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181644/
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