Virgen del Rocío University Hospital by Andalusian Health Service

However, adherence It has always been a challenge, especially among elderly patients. It is essential to consider the patient, the medications, the providers of health services and socioeconomic factors, to find adequate and individualized interventions to overcome these problems. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure adherence to prescribed medications so that the patient can receive the maximum therapeutic benefits. For successful prescriptions, health professionals and researchers must use methods within their practical limits to improve adherence to treatment, also can address to professionals to choose the most appropriate decisions. There is a need to develop terminological standards of adherence, for interoperability and reusability in comprehensive care settings and therefore, analyze these data later and generate patterns of behavior to prevent problems in such adherence. Reduce poor adherence can have a meaningful impact on the clinical outcome, which contributes to the substantial worsening of the disease, the increase in health care costs, and even death. With an increasing number of medications, poor adherence is a growing concern, severely harming the benefits of current medical care. On the other hand, the increasing number of drugs prescribed at hospital discharge is correlated with non-adherence, and a high percentage of patients do not understand the purpose of their medications. Provide instructions clear and simplify the medication regimen as much as possible could be a simple way to facilitate the patient's follow-up of a medication regimen, and the intervention could be evaluated in randomized clinical trials.