TY - JOUR T1 - Self-reported medication adherence for heart failure is associated with lower risk of all-cause hospitalisation and death JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 123 LP - 123 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-102011 VL - 18 IS - 4 AU - Bradi B Granger Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/4/123.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Wu JR, DeWalt DA, Baker DW, et al. A single-item self-report medication adherence question predicts hospitalisation and death in patients with heart failure. J Clin Nurs 2014; 23: 2554– 64OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed.Poor medication adherence is associated with rehospitalisation and death.A single-item self-report medication adherence question provides an efficient indicator to identify patients who may benefit from adherence interventions.Researchers can more reliably scale and evaluate adherence interventions across settings and populations if a single question is consistently applied to assess medication use.Medication adherence in chronic illness is poor, with 40–60% of patients unable to fully adhere to medications.1 Despite decades of research, providers lack tools to identify patients at risk of poor adherence. As a result, allocation of limited resources to help patients is challenging.The purpose of this study was to determine whether responses to a single-item self-report medication adherence question were associated with hospitalisation and death in patients … ER -