Understanding patients' adherence-related beliefs about medicines prescribed for long-term conditions: A meta-analytic review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework

Horne, Rob, Chapman, Sarah C. E., Parham, Rhian, Freemantle, Nick, Forbes, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-9843 and Cooper, Vanessa (2013) Understanding patients' adherence-related beliefs about medicines prescribed for long-term conditions: A meta-analytic review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework. PLoS One, 8 (12). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Patients' beliefs about treatment influence treatment engagement and adherence. The Necessity-Concerns Framework postulates that adherence is influenced by implicit judgements of personal need for the treatment (necessity beliefs) and concerns about the potential adverse consequences of taking it.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2013 Horne et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2014 10:46
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49793
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0080633

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