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FNSS 2017: Future Network Systems and Security pp 188–198Cite as

Acceptance of Technology-Driven Interventions for Improving Medication Adherence

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Medication Adherence (MA) plays an important role in managing patients with long term illness, enhance patient’s health and wellness, and it reduces the economic cost and saves lives. The purpose of this research is to address the collaboration of technology with healthcare, in solving the challenge of medication adherence. A questionnaire of 25 questions was sent out through email to 200 people, to get their feedback about medication adherence, the reasons of non-adherent and their level of acceptance in using the mobile application technology as an interventional tool for medication adherence. Results showed a statistically significant correlation between age and medication adherence (P = 0.012). There is a statistical significant impact of forgetfulness on non-medication adherence (P-value = 0.0003). Additionally, majority of the participants identified their willingness to use the application to help in medication adherence (P = 0.001). The conclusion drawn from this study suggests that people are willing to increase awareness of medication adherence.

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    Nawal Chanane, Farhaan Mirza & M. Asif Naeem

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Chanane, N., Mirza, F., Naeem, M.A., Mirza, A. (2017). Acceptance of Technology-Driven Interventions for Improving Medication Adherence. In: Doss, R., Piramuthu, S., Zhou, W. (eds) Future Network Systems and Security. FNSS 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65548-2_15

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