Manel Pladevall

..This study examines whether leptin levels, independent of body mass and insulin resistance, are a risk factor for hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy...

..This study assessed the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to improve both medication adherence and blood pressure control and to reduce cardiovascular events...

..The present study was conducted to determine whether pharmacy claims-based measures of medication adherence are associated with clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes...

..Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the hypothesis that the components of the metabolic syndrome are manifestations of a single common factor...

..Adherence to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medication is known to be low overall, but tends to be lower among African-American patients when compared with white patients...

..To describe lipid management over time in a cohort of insured patients with diabetes and evaluate differences between African American and white patients...

..Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) nonadherence is common among patients with asthma; however, interventions to improve adherence have often been complex and not easily applied to large patient populations...

..Asthma is an inflammatory condition often punctuated by episodic symptomatic worsening, and accordingly, patients with asthma might have waxing and waning adherence to controller therapy...

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..Environmental stressors, such as crime exposure, which has been associated with asthma morbidity, might also predict ICS adherence...

..Clinicians should be aware of this association when considering TZD therapy so as to appropriately manage and counsel their patients...

..Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) is known to be poor among patients with asthma; however, little is known about patients who do not fill their ICS prescriptions (ie, primary nonadherence)...

..We examined the prevalence of and relationship between patient adherence and provider treatment intensification...

..US national guidelines recommend assessing short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) medication use as a marker of asthma severity and control. However, the relationship between recent SABA use and asthma exacerbations is not currently known...

..Particular attention may be warranted to ensure that patients with diabetes receive lipid-lowering agents not only after a cardiovascular event but also before such an event occurs...

..The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the effect of diabetes on labor market outcomes...

..We assessed whether completing an asthma-specific PIM resulted in improved patient outcomes...

..However, overall adherence is poor among patients with asthma. Objective To estimate the proportion of poor asthma-related outcomes attributable to ICS nonadherence...

..Early childhood fevers appear to protect against later allergies and asthma. What is not known is the time in which fevers exert this effect and whether the degree of temperature increase is important...

..The objective of this study was to assess the quality of outpatient care received by patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and whether differences in care and outcomes exist by race/ethnicity...

..This study compared the number of care-related injuries reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the number reported to 15 mandatory-reporting states...

..Although visual analog scales (VAS) have been used frequently in outcomes research, there is little evidence regarding the validity of this scale for measuring medication adherence...

..This study describes the clinical management of type 2 diabetes among a cohort of patients receiving oral antidiabetic monotherapy...

..Finally, we will explore intrinsic factors at the patient level related to adherence, and patient and provider preferences and attitudes towards the use of adherence information in routine clinical practice. ..

..Analyses will control for cluster randomization effects. The introduction of sustainable medication adherence monitoring in clinical practice holds great potential to improve health outcomes among patients with diabetes. ..

..Analyses will control for cluster randomization effects. The introduction of sustainable medication adherence monitoring in clinical practice holds great potential to improve health outcomes among patients with diabetes. ..