Abstract
The terms “adherence” and “compliance” reflect different perspectives of the same phenomenon: the degree to which costumers’/ patients’ behavior matches the doctor's advice. The term of “adherence” is used to emphasize that it is the patient's right to choose whether or not to follow the doctor's recommendations and that failure to do so should not be a reason for blame. No adherence may not always be bad for the consumer/patient. It may be protective if the drugs are inappropriate and potentially toxic or have a neutral effect if the prescription is sub-optimal. Our study wants to identify and measure adherence in depression therapy when nonadherence becomes clinically significant. We propose a questionnaire for identify some different patterns of behavior. This questionnaire was analyzed for 100 patients with depression. Our study describes patients’ behavior and how it relates to prescribers’ recommendations. We want to emphasize the economic impact of no adherence of patients with depression and to propose some adherence-enhancing policies and initiatives.
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