title: Overactive bladder: strategies to ensure treatment compliance and adherence.
abstract: Overactive bladder is a common, debilitating condition for many patients who may benefit from pharmacological management of their condition. However, adherence to medication in this condition is markedly worse than other chronic medical conditions. This review explores what is known about persistence and the factors which influence medication adherence for overactive bladder, those factors that might be modifiable to improve adherence, and the measures the health care provider can take to optimize adherence to therapy and thereby improve treatment outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Prabhpreet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dhaliwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wagg
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists
keywords: adherence; overactive bladder; persistence