Open AccessPrevalence of medication adherence and its associated factors among patients with noncommunicable disease in rural Puducherry, South India – A facility-based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Yuvaraj Kotteeswaran,
S Gokul,
K Sivaranjini,
M Sakthivel,
Sharan Murali,
Gayathri Surendran,
Marie Gilbert Majella,
Sunil Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_350_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , environmental health , medication adherence , disease , rural area , non communicable disease , pathology
Trends in morbidity and mortality due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are rising because of poor control status. Medication nonadherence is one of the most common and modifiable causes of inadequate control status.