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Adherence
DEFINITION
Extent to which a person’s behaviour (e.g. taking medicines, following a particular diet, changing lifestyle) corresponds with agreed recommendations from a health care provider. The threshold for determining if a patient has been adherent to treatment varies according to different tuberculosis treatment and preventive regimens.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Extent to which a person’s behaviour (e.g. taking medicines, following a particular diet, changing lifestyle) corresponds with agreed recommendations from a health care provider.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Take >90% of medications under conditions of direct observation by another person
Active, voluntary and collaborative involvement of the patient in a mutually acceptable course of behaviour (including taking the prescribed dose of a particular medicine at the recommended time) to produce the desired therapeutic results
Adherence to rule or procedure as directed. For example, for a TB patient, adherence means taking anti-TB drugs as scheduled
Adherence to instructions regarding a treatment regimen (adherence to treatment)
The proportion of children who received an adequate amount of treatment (as defined in the statistical analysis plan for both the intervention and control regimens
Taking >90% of medications under conditions of observation by another person
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