TY - JOUR TI - Przestrzeganie zaleceń terapeutycznych przez pacjentów podstawowej opieki zdrowotnej AU - Kardas, Przemysław TI - Przestrzeganie zaleceń terapeutycznych przez pacjentów podstawowej opieki zdrowotnej AB - Polish primary care patients’ adherence to medication. Patient nonadherence is one of the major clinical problems in primary care settings. Patients who deviate from treatment, or completely discontinue therapy, expose themselves to deterioration of health, additional costs and sometimes even death. Despite that facts, on average, one in every two patients, suffering from chronic disease, does not follow therapeutic recommendations. Unexpectedly, similar is true with acute symptomatic diseases, such as infections. Patient nonadherence is associated with more frequent visits to the doctors, higher number of complications, and therapy ineffectiveness. Fortunately, poor adherence can be effectively prevented. This paper provides comprehensive review of reasons and consequences of nonadherence, as well as methods that family doctors can use in order to improve adherence to therapy in their patients VL - 2014 IS - Tom 12 Numer 4 PY - 2015 SN - 1731-7398 C1 - 2084-2627 SP - 331 EP - 337 DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.14.035.3795 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/przestrzeganie-zalecen-terapeutycznych-przez-pacjentow-podstawowej-opieki-zdrowotnej KW - nieprzestrzeganie zaleceń terapeutycznych KW - podstawowa opieka zdrowotna KW - Polska