The problem of getting children to follow a treatment regimen is well-known and very frustrating for physicians. Almost one-third children fail to complete relatively short-term treatment regimens. Poor compliance results in the continuation of illness, complicates the physician-patient relationship and decrease outcome of therapy.
Various factors such as disagreeable taste, difficulty in swallowing conventionally sized tablets, forgetting, discontinuing medication because symptoms have resolved, misunderstanding of instructions, resistance of child and apparent ineffectiveness or adverse effects of the medication results in non-compliance. Which strategies do you use to improve medication adherence among pediatric patients?
