Practice question · Multiple choice
Roughly half of patients on long-term therapy do not take it as prescribed. A clinic proposes a leaflet on why the condition is dangerous. What does the evidence predict?
Hints
- A leaflet supplies information. Ask whether missing information is what the research says the problem is.
- Picture the patient who feels dizzy at work on this drug. What does a warning about strokes give her to act on?
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A. Very little, non-adherence runs on cost, side effects and complexity, none of which a leaflet touches
Why
The leaflet treats non-adherence as ignorance, and it is mostly economics and side effects. The mirror-image error is option 4, blaming defiance and reaching for supervision. Locating the problem in the system is the more hopeful reading, because cost and complexity are things a clinic can change.
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- Sort each communication practice by its effect on patient-provider communication.
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- Select every statement that is TRUE about patient-provider interaction.
- Most research attributes non-adherence primarily to patient forgetfulness and lack of motivation.