Table 2 Causes of medication non-adherence by category
From: Developing consensus-based policy solutions for medicines adherence for Europe: a delphi study
Category | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
Patient factors - patient behaviour/characteristics | 100 | 20.0 |
Medication factors | 98 | 19.6 |
Patient factors - treatment effects | 66 | 13.2 |
Patient factors - patient beliefs and concerns | 55 | 10.9 |
Clinician factors | 42 | 8.4 |
Meta theories of adherence/ theories of adherence | 42 | 8.4 |
Healthcare organisation factors | 32 | 6.4 |
Patient/clinician interaction | 29 | 5.8 |
Environmental and social/structural factors | 28 | 5.6 |
Disease factors | 9 | 1.8 |
Total | 501 | Â |