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Descriptor English: Medication Adherence
Descriptor Spanish: Cumplimiento de la Medicación
Descriptor adhesión a la medicación
Entry term(s) adhesión a los medicamentos
cumplimiento de la medicación
cumplimiento de la prescripción medicamentosa
cumplimiento de los medicamentos
cumplimiento del tratamiento medicamentoso
inclumplimiento de la medicación
Scope note: Cooperación voluntaria del paciente en la toma de los fármacos o medicamentos prescritos. Incluye los horarios, las dosis y la frecuencia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Adesão à Medicação
Descriptor French: Adhésion au traitement médicamenteux
Entry term(s): Adherence, Drug
Adherence, Medication
Compliance, Drug
Compliance, Medication
Drug Adherence
Drug Compliance
Medication Compliance
Medication Non Adherence
Medication Non Compliance
Medication Non-Adherence
Medication Non-Compliance
Medication Nonadherence
Medication Noncompliance
Medication Persistence
Non-Adherence, Medication
Non-Compliance, Medication
Nonadherence, Medication
Noncompliance, Medication
Persistence, Medication
Tree number(s): F01.100.150.750.500.600.500
F01.145.488.887.500.600.500
N05.300.150.800.500.600.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055118
Scope note: Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term MEDICATION NONADHERENCE with TREATMENT REFUSAL
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Patient Compliance (1974-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Treatment Refusal MeSH
DeCS ID: 53262
Unique ID: D055118
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/06/30
Medication Adherence - Preferred
Concept UI M0514147
Scope note Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency.
Preferred term Medication Adherence
Entry term(s) Adherence, Drug
Adherence, Medication
Drug Adherence
Medication Nonadherence - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0522526
Preferred term Medication Nonadherence
Entry term(s) Medication Non Adherence
Medication Non-Adherence
Medication Noncompliance
Non-Adherence, Medication
Nonadherence, Medication
Noncompliance, Medication
Medication Persistence - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0514148
Scope note The duration of time from initiation to discontinuation of drug therapy.
Preferred term Medication Persistence
Entry term(s) Persistence, Medication
Medication Compliance - Narrower
Concept UI M0573421
Preferred term Medication Compliance
Entry term(s) Compliance, Drug
Compliance, Medication
Drug Compliance
Medication Non Compliance
Medication Non-Compliance
Non-Compliance, Medication



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