%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of personal and cultural beliefs on medication adherence of patients with chronic illnesses: a systematic review
%A Gerard A Kennedy
%A Ieva Stupans
%A Wejdan Shahin
%J Archive of "Patient preference and adherence".
%D 2019
%R 10.2147/PPA.S212046
%X Patients¡¯ adherence to therapeutic regimes may be influenced by subjective beliefs about chronic conditions. One of the challenges for health professionals in enhancing adherence is taking patients¡¯ understanding into account when giving health advice and/or providing medical treatment
%K perception of illness
%K health beliefs
%K culture
%K medication adherence
%K diabetes mellitus
%K hypertension
%K asthma
%K chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611718/