Medication Adherence: A Review and Lessons for Developing Countries

Authors

  • Adebayo Omotosho Landmark University
  • Peace Ayegba Landmark University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v15i11.10647

Keywords:

medication adherence, prescription, ehealth, developing countries

Abstract


Most of the time, complete adherence to prescribed medication is a big step towards recovery from either chronic or acute diseases, but patients often are unaware of the adverse effects that could arise from inconsistency in adherence. The inability of patients to adhere to prescription can affect the potency of some effective therapies known to treat many conditions, and passive compliance may result in the development of resistant to drug causing a need for treatment modification. Shockingly, more than half of the drugs prescribed for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension were found not to be taken as recommended.  Adherence is so important because it can assist clinicians in successful supervision of evidence-based treatment of patients; therefore this paper presents an overview of medication adherence, non-technology and technology-based approaches, and lessons for developing countries.

Author Biography

Adebayo Omotosho, Landmark University

Adebayo Omotosho is currently a visiting research in Internet Technologies and System Group at Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Landmark University, Omu-Aran. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in 2016. He is a Seasoned Computer Programmer and has taken part in a number of programming competitions in C/C++/C#. He is a member of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Computer Professional [Registration Council] of Nigeria (CPN), Computer Science Teachers Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology. His research interests are health informatics, computer security, machine learning, and biometrics. 

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Published

2019-07-16

How to Cite

Omotosho, A., & Ayegba, P. (2019). Medication Adherence: A Review and Lessons for Developing Countries. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 15(11), pp. 104–123. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v15i11.10647

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