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Descriptor English: Patient Compliance
Descriptor Spanish: Cooperación del Paciente
Descriptor cumplimiento del paciente
Entry term(s) adhesión del cliente
adhesión del paciente
cooperación del paciente
cumplimiento de las prescripciones
cumplimiento del cliente
cumplimiento del tratamiento
cumplimiento terapéutico
incumplimiento del paciente
paciente incumplidor
Scope note: Cooperación voluntaria del paciente en el seguimiento de un régimen prescrito.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cooperação do Paciente
Descriptor French: Observance par le patient
Entry term(s): Adherence, Client
Adherence, Patient
Client Adherence
Client Compliance
Client Compliances
Compliance, Client
Compliance, Patient
Compliance, Therapeutic
Compliance, Treatment
Compliances, Therapeutic
Cooperation, Patient
Non Adherent Patient
Non-Adherence, Patient
Non-Adherent Patient
Non-Adherent Patients
Non-Compliance, Patient
Nonadherence, Patient
Noncompliance, Patient
Patient Adherence
Patient Cooperation
Patient Non Adherence
Patient Non Compliance
Patient Non-Adherence
Patient Non-Compliance
Patient Nonadherence
Patient Noncompliance
Patient, Non-Adherent
Therapeutic Compliance
Therapeutic Compliances
Treatment Compliance
Treatment Compliances
Tree number(s): F01.100.150.750.500.600
F01.145.488.887.500.600
N05.300.150.800.500.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010349
Scope note: Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.
Annotation: distinguish entry term PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE from TREATMENT REFUSAL
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Cooperative Behavior (1971-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 1975; for PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE see TREATMENT REFUSAL 1997-2008, see PATIENT COMPLIANCE 1982-1990, see PATIENT DROPOUTS 1975-1981
History Note: 1975; for PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE use TREATMENT REFUSAL 1997-2008, use PATIENT COMPLIANCE 1982-1990, use PATIENT DROPOUTS 1975-1981
Related: Directly Observed Therapy MeSH
Patient Dropouts MeSH
Treatment Refusal MeSH
DeCS ID: 29499
Unique ID: D010349
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Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Patient Compliance - Preferred
Concept UI M0016046
Scope note Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.
Preferred term Patient Compliance
Entry term(s) Adherence, Client
Adherence, Patient
Client Adherence
Client Compliance
Client Compliances
Compliance, Client
Compliance, Patient
Cooperation, Patient
Patient Adherence
Patient Cooperation
Patient Non-Compliance - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0024924
Preferred term Patient Non-Compliance
Entry term(s) Non Adherent Patient
Non-Adherence, Patient
Non-Adherent Patient
Non-Adherent Patients
Non-Compliance, Patient
Nonadherence, Patient
Noncompliance, Patient
Patient Non Adherence
Patient Non Compliance
Patient Non-Adherence
Patient Nonadherence
Patient Noncompliance
Patient, Non-Adherent
Treatment Compliance - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000631755
Preferred term Treatment Compliance
Entry term(s) Compliance, Therapeutic
Compliance, Treatment
Compliances, Therapeutic
Therapeutic Compliance
Therapeutic Compliances
Treatment Compliances



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