Measuring Patient Adherence

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Letters2 July 2002Measuring Patient AdherenceBarbara J. Turner, MD and Frederick M. Hecht, MDBarbara J. Turner, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Turner)San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94410 (Hecht)Search for more papers by this author and Frederick M. Hecht, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Turner)San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94410 (Hecht)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-137-1-200207020-00025 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We appreciate the thoughtful comments of Dr. Liu and his coauthors. We understand that the authors feel that their adherence score reflects a composite of several approaches to measure adherence. However, the authors first used electronic monitor data and then filled in missing data points with pill count and, finally, interview data. Our editorial aimed to help the reader understand that electronic monitor data served as the centerpiece of this approach. If a researcher had nearly complete adherence data on his or her study participants from electronic monitors, Liu and colleagues' approach would require minimal additional data from ...