CLINICIAN — TREATS, AND PATIENT — BEING TREATED? RECENT VIEW ON THE TREATMENT ADHERENCE IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE SETTING

Abstract

The literary review includes data from recent research on the medication and nonmedication treatment adherence of coronary heart disease patients. The various approaches considered, of the adherence improvement, and psychological models presented, the “information-motivation-strategy” and “transtheoretical model”. The polypill phenomenon is considered. Also three terms on adherence are commented: compliance, concordance and adherence itself, depending on the part of patient’s active role.

Keywords

• patient-centered medicine
• nocebo
• polypill
• informing
• motivation
• compliance
• myocardial infarction