title: Therapy. Affect and affirmations--a 'basic' approach to promote adherence.
abstract: Efforts to improve health-care quality and efficiency will fail if patients with chronic disease do not adhere to medications and healthy lifestyles. A novel, psychological approach is to change behavior using ‘affect’ and ‘affirmations’. We explore this strategy’s potential, when added to the existing arsenal of interventions, to improve adherence.
authors.affiliation: Rapid-Cycle Evaluation Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7205 Windsor Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, USA. william.shrank@cms.hhs.gov
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shrank
authors.forename: Niteesh K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Choudhry
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000208:ethnology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents