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to compliance, in an attempt to emphasise that the patient is free to decide whether to adhere to the doctor’s recommendations and that failure to do so should not be a reason to blame the patient. Adherence develops the definition of compliance by emphasising the need for agreement. Concordance is a relatively recent term, predominantly used
The new definition of compliance given in this concept analysis provides clarity and directions for future inquiry and nursing practice. The findings are beneficial for nurses in constructing a tool to predict compliance behavior for a given patient and condition, including a relationship model that focuses on the role of healthcare providers and patients.
Mar 8, 1997 · At long last the “compliance problem” may be getting a new name and, with it, a new view of the patient's role in the doctor-patient relationship. A report published this week by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's working party on medicine taking recommends that “concordance” should replace the term “compliance.”1 Although substitute terms have been suggested and ...
- Patricia Dolan Mullen
- 1997
Medication compliance (synonym: adherence) refers to the degree or extent of conformity to the recommendations about day-to-day treatment by the provider with respect to the timing, dosage, and frequency. It may be defined as "the extent to which a patient acts in accordance with the prescribed interval, and dose of a dosing regimen."
- Joyce A. Cramer, Anuja Roy, Anita Burrell, Carol J. Fairchild, Mahesh J. Fuldeore, Daniel A. Ollendo...
- 2008
Patients’ compliance to treatment is an important indicator for evaluating the successful management in chronic illnesses. Despite the fact an applicable definition of compliance is required to suitable intervention and research, this concept is not clear and there is no consensus concerning its meaning, definition, and measurement. The aim ...
- Forough Rafii, Naima Seyed Fatemi, Ella Danielson, Christina Melin Johansson, Mahnaz Modanloo
- Mar-Apr 2014
- 2014
Apr 28, 2023 · Adherence is an active process in which a patient takes responsibility for their overall well-being, while compliance is a passive behavior in which a patient is follow-ing a list of recommendations from the doctor. Adherence puts the patient’s interests above physicians' interests while making sure that the patient follows recommendations ...
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Abstract. The purpose of this essay is to explore the meanings of the widely used terms compliance and adherence and the less widely used term concordance and to raise questions about the appropriateness of these terms when used to describe individuals' or groups' health-related behaviors. Discussion focuses on how recognition of how the ...
