Communication Strategies to Improve Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review of Literature

IF 6.3 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Review of Communication Research Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.12840/issn.2255-4165.029

K. Maki, K. Harris

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Abstract

Less than optimal medication adherence is a persisting issue among many patient groups, resulting in poorer health outcomes along with increased strain on financial and time resources. However, communication strategies employed by clinicians may offer a simple, cost-effective method for improving medication adherence and health outcomes. We conducted a review of literature that rendered search results from seven databases, resulting in 1,513 abstracts. A final sample of 44 studies was included to compare the effectiveness of communication-based adherence strategies among various health conditions. After reviewing the full text of included studies, we organized communication strategies into four categories: patient reminders, collaborative communication, patient education, and counseling strategies. Although all of the strategies indicated some level of success, studies examining patient education components showed the most promise both in generalizability and results. This review’s results indicate that a need remains for quantitative research examining the effectiveness of these strategies to increase medical adherence.

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提高药物依从性的沟通策略:文献的系统回顾

在许多患者群体中，不理想的药物依从性是一个持续存在的问题，导致健康结果较差，同时增加了财政和时间资源的压力。然而，临床医生采用的沟通策略可能为改善药物依从性和健康结果提供一种简单、成本效益高的方法。我们对来自7个数据库的文献检索结果进行了综述，得到了1513篇摘要。最后纳入44个研究样本，比较基于沟通的坚持策略在不同健康状况下的有效性。在回顾纳入研究的全文后，我们将沟通策略分为四类:患者提醒、协作沟通、患者教育和咨询策略。虽然所有的策略都显示出一定程度的成功，但检查患者教育成分的研究显示，在普遍性和结果方面，最有希望。本综述的结果表明，仍然需要进行定量研究，检查这些策略的有效性，以增加医疗依从性。

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Review of Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： Review of Communication Research will publish an annual volume with comprehensive and authoritative reviews of the current state of the main topics and the most significant developments in the field of Communication. These comprehensive critical reviews will summarize the latest advances in the field, but also will root out errors and will provoke intellectual discussions among scholars. The journal seeks both evaluative (theorical) and quantitative (meta-analysis) papers that make a state of the art of issues in scientific communication. Integrative review articles that connect different areas of research are of special interest.