title: Drug compliance of pregeriatric rehabilitation patients. Brief communication on a longitudinal investigation.
abstract: An overview on an follow-up study is given that concerns the drug-compliance of 990 pregeriatric rehabilitation patients. During 20 days the drug intake of every patient was controlled by riboflavine method. The compliance-rate was at 47.9 +/- 32.4%, and it was relatively constant during the course of the investigation. Other features as age, nationality, number of risk factors etc. correlated but moderately though significantly with the compliance-rate. The lowest values had foreigners, and/or patients prone to nicotine or alcohol abuse. The highest rate was found on patients being in the state after heart infarction.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000652:urine; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012256:Riboflavin