Osteoporosis & bone health

Osteoporosis medication adherence tools: a systematic review

Osteoporos IntPublished Systematic review

Authors' conclusion

Among these tools, direct methods and electronic methods are the most accurate methods.

Study context

Population
Articles using a method to measure adherence to osteoporosis pharmacotherapy; PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus searched on 4 December, 2022of 3821 articles found
Participants
178 articles
Outcome
Osteoporosis medication adherence measurement tools and their applicability
Methodological detailsNOS quality assessment
  • NOS quality assessment

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Types of methods to measure osteoporosis medication adherence
Direct methods
4
Pharmacy records
17
Questionnaires
13
Electronic methods
1
Tablet counting
1

Original publication

Osteoporosis medication adherence tools: a systematic review. Osteoporos Int. Published 8 June 2023. doi:10.1007/s00198-023-06789-5

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