Publication Abstracts of the 26th ESPACOMP Conference in International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
The Abstracts of the 26th Annual ESPACOMP Conference held in Berlin, 17th – 19th November 2022, have now been published in the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and can be accessed at this link. The Abstracts provided summaries of observational studies, clinical trials, systematic reviews, and qualitative…
Submit your latest research to Frontiers in Pharmacology
We would like to invite you to submit your medication adherence-related research to Frontiers in Pharmacology a leading journal in the fields of clinical and basic pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacy and toxicology. The latest Impact Factor of Frontiers in Pharmacology is 5.8….
Publication Abstracts ESPACOMP Conference in International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
The Abstracts of the 24th annual meeting of ESPACOMP have now been published in the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and are accessible through this link. Together, these Abstracts provide a comprehensive overview of the ‘state-of-the art research’ in medication adherence and compliance. Abstracts provided…
Invitation to submit a paper for a special issue on adherence
We would like to share the invitation to all ESPACOMP members to participate in the submission to the Special Issue: “Optimising Drug Prescribing and Improving Medication Management; What Can We Do?” of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI – Publisher of…
The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement
ESPACOMP is happy to announce the release of “The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement” This handbook deals with the complex issue of how to engage patients in treatment. Terms such as ‘treatment adherence’, ‘concordance’ or ‘compliance’ may not tell the whole story. Such terms may offer…
Translation of ABC taxonomy in French and German
Dear colleagues We are delighted BJCP published our paper entitled “The ABC taxonomy for medication adherence translated into French and German”. Many of the French- and German-speaking ESPACOMP members participated in the Delphi surveys and we want to thank you again warmly for your contribution….
Researchers like the EMERGE guideline
The publication about the EMERGE guideline in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing was among the most dowloaded articles in 2019, see link. The EMERGE guideline or the ‘ESPACOMP Medication Adherence Reporting Guideline’ is aimed at improving the reporting of medication adherence studies. It is…
Polypill for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
A combination pill, a so-called ‘polypill’, that contains low doses of multiple medications with proven effectiveness for the prevention of cardiovascular disease led to greater reductions in systolic blood pressure and LDL cholesterol level than were observed with usual care in a socioeconomically deprived minority…
International experts in anticoagulation launch an interprofessional Guideline to support patients receiving oral therapy: New research from Int J Clin Pharm
The need to create a new Guideline emerged from the observation that anticoagulation therapy is consistently among the top five reasons for hospital admission, suggesting management of such therapy is suboptimal. Moreover, there was a need to complement those created by well-recognised societies and associations,…
Adherence to ART is key to reduce risk of HIV transmission
A prospective observational study, published in the Lancet, that was conducted at multiple sites in 14 European countries, demonstrates that the risk of HIV transmission is effectively zero in gay couples, who engage in condomless sex and of which 1 partner has HIV but whose…