What actually is adherence? In simple terms, it’s the patient’s purposeful attitude and behaviors that result in success over time in following the self-management regimen, whether it’s weight loss or glucose control or lowering your blood pressure. Adherence is a different concept that the older ‘compliance’ model. Compliance infers an obedience and behavior based on another person's demands. We know now, that if you only follow your doctor’s orders, because he or she said you must, you are more likely to fail in successful self-management of your health challenges. If you take on some of the responsibility, learn as much as you can about your diagnosis or health problem, ask questions of your health care professionals and make your own personal commitment to health improvements, you will be much more successful in the outcome! What do you think? Reply to my blog and let me know if any of this resonates with what you are experiencing!
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