Predicting patient compliance with medical treatment
First Claim
1. A method for predicting a patient'"'"'s adherence to a medical regimen, the method comprising:
- administering a plurality of questions to the patient, the questions relating to at least one of;
(1) the patient'"'"'s openness to being persuaded to adhere to the medical regimen, and (2) the patient'"'"'s perception of the risks and benefits associated with the medical regimen; and
determining a degree of adherence to the medical regimen associated with the patient based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the questions.
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Abstract
Methods for predicting a patient'"'"'s adherence to a medical treatment and optimizing the patient'"'"'s treatment are provided. A questionnaire is developed using statistical analysis and/or mathematical modeling of factors affecting patient adherence, and is administered to a patient. Such factors may include the patient'"'"'s openness to being persuaded to adhere to the medical regimen, the patient'"'"'s perception of the risks and benefits associated with the medical regimen, and/or other patient-related factors. Based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the questionnaire, a degree of adherence to the medical regimen associated with the patient is predicted and an intervention program is recommended to improve the patient'"'"'s compliance with the treatment plan in the regimen.
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1. A method for predicting a patient'"'"'s adherence to a medical regimen, the method comprising:
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administering a plurality of questions to the patient, the questions relating to at least one of;
(1) the patient'"'"'s openness to being persuaded to adhere to the medical regimen, and (2) the patient'"'"'s perception of the risks and benefits associated with the medical regimen; anddetermining a degree of adherence to the medical regimen associated with the patient based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the questions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for optimizing a patient'"'"'s medical treatment, the method comprising:
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administering a plurality of questions to the patient, the questions relating to at least one of;
(1) the patient'"'"'s openness to being persuaded to adhere to a medical regimen, and (2) the patient'"'"'s perception of the risks and benefits associated with the medical regimen;predicting the patient'"'"'s adherence to the medical regimen based on the patient'"'"'s answers to the questions; and recommending an intervention program for the patient based on the predicted adherence. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for developing a questionnaire for use in predicting a patient'"'"'s adherence to a medical regimen, the method comprising:
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identifying measures that display adequate psychometric properties with respect to factors affecting patient adherence; conducting a survey of a group of patients by administering to the patients a plurality of questions that are based on the identified measures; analyzing the results from the conducted survey to determine key factors that are predictive of intention to persist with medical treatment; and deriving a questionnaire based on at least a subset of the key factors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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