title: 'A necessary evil': associations with taking medication and their relationship with medication adherence.
abstract: Cognitive factors, like beliefs, have been studied extensively as determinants of medication adherence, while affect associated with taking medicines has been studied much less. In the present study (N = 525), we investigated affect by assessing patients' first associations with taking their medicines. Results showed that these associations were related to self-reported medication adherence: Patients who associated taking medicines with negative affect were the least adherent, while those associating taking medicines with the need to take medicines were the most adherent. Our results support the idea that affect should be considered an important determinant of adherence.
authors.affiliation: a Applied Research Centre of Public Affairs, HAN University of Applied Sciences , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.|b Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.|c Philips Research , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleppe
authors.affiliation: c Philips Research , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joyca
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.affiliation: b Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ham
authors.affiliation: b Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cees
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Midden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001244:Association; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Medication; adherence; affect; beliefs; chronic illness