Question

how do we deal with medication compliance?

Answer 1

MEDICATION COMPLIANCE

Defined by the world health organization as ‘the extent to which a person's behaviour taking medication...corresponds with agreed recommendations from a health care provider. The term compliance has come into disfavour because it suggests that a person is Passively following a doctor's orders, rather than actively collaborating in the treatment Process. Adherence, on the other hand, requires the person's agreement to the recommendations for therapy.

There are five aspects of adherence

The nursing diagnosis, noncompliance is defined as behaviour of person and/or caregiver that fails to coincide with a health-promoting or therapeutic plan agreed on by the person (and/or family and/or community) and health care professional. In the presence of an agreed-on health-promoting or therapeutic plan, a person’s or caregiver’s behaviour is fully or partially nonadherent and may lead to clinically ineffective outcomes.

HOW WE DEAL WITH COMPLIANCE

• By building a proper therapeutic relationship to improve patients trust on nurse.
• Client centred approach by involving patient also in providing proper treatment for the patient
• Drop unnecessary clinical visits, vesical complications to continue treatment will lead to non-compliance
• Therapy should be short, simple, and beneficial
• Adjustment of therapy according to patient’s lifestyle
• Supervise the patient until compliance improve
• Holistic approach with the involvement of cultural centres like church
• Provide social support through family and self-help groups to gai understanding about the benefits of treatment compliance
• Rewards and token economy can be used in younger patients when they show a compliant behaviour.