Medication adherence to inflammatory bowel disease medications in Aotearoa New Zealand and correlation with health outcomes: A nationwide database analysis.

Aims: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management entails long-term medication therapy. Worse disease outcomes and reduced quality of life might arise from poor medication adherence (MA). This study is the first to investigate patients with IBD's adherence across Aotearoa New Zealand and its relationship with disease outcomes.

Improving Medication Adherence Levels in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients: A Narrative Evidence-Based Review.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management is typified by a long-term medication regimen which can comprise multiple medications prescribed in different combinations, doses, frequencies, and with various administration routes. This complexity can make medication adherence (MA) - patients taking their medications per the prescription - for patients with IBD a challenge. The research corpus contains diverse interventions aimed at improving MA in patients with IBD.

Using electronic health records in analysing medication adherence in southern New Zealand patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.

Aims: Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used in medication adherence (MA) assessment. Poor adherence in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can lead to worse disease outcomes and increased health costs. This study explores the suitability of southern New Zealand EHRs for estimating adherence, and the relationship between adherence and corticosteroid dispensings (indicating negative disease outcomes).

Career outlook and satisfaction in the presence of workload intensification-a survey of early career pharmacists.

Background: The demographics of the pharmacy workforce is changing with an increased proportion of pharmacists less than 30 years old (early career pharmacists-ECPs). In parallel, the profession has experienced workload intensification and workforce attrition. It is important to understand ECPs career satisfaction to retain this section of the pharmacy profession.

"It's just like putting your socks on": patients' perspectives on inflammatory bowel disease medication adherence.

Background: A careful, often life-long, medication regimen is central to therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - a chronic gut disorder. Hence, medication adherence (MA) - patients taking medications in line with prescription - is important. Previous research indicates that a third of patients with IBD in southern New Zealand have poor medication adherence (MA).