1.Measurement method and current application of medication adherence in patients with chronic respiratory diseases
Rui MA ; Zhouye ZHUANG ; Haomin ZHU ; Pei ZHANG ; Pingyu CHEN ; Tiantian TAO
China Pharmacy 2025;36(16):2073-2077
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Medication adherence is an important indicator for assessing whether patients follow medical advice during treatment, and its level directly affects disease control and the quality of life of patients. Therefore, accurate and effective assessment is essential for chronic disease management and intervention. This paper takes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, two types of chronic respiratory diseases, as representative to review the existing measurement methods and current application status of medication adherence. It is found that the existing assessment methods for medication adherence can be categorized into objective measurement methods and subjective measurement methods. Objective measures include drug concentration monitoring, pill counting, and electronic medication devices, which generally offer high accuracy. Subjective measures include physician assessments, inhalation technique evaluations, and questionnaires. While these methods are straightforward and easy to implement, their accuracy is often influenced by the subjective factors of assessors of patients, which may lead to biased results. Currently, there is still a lack of a universally accepted “gold standard” for evaluating medication adherence. Selecting the appropriate measurement method requires a comprehensive consideration of factors such as research objectives, disease type, patient characteristics, and data availability to ensure the validity and reliability of the assessment results.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Research progress on financial incentives for improving medication adherence
Tiantian TAO ; Yi CAO ; Mengdie ZHANG ; Pingyu CHEN
China Pharmacy 2025;36(10):1266-1270
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Financial incentives, as an intervention in behavioral therapy, have been proven to be beneficial in many health behaviors, such as drug addiction treatment, long-term antiviral therapy, and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. At present, typical financial incentive schemes mainly include commitment contracts and lottery-based models. Key factors in the design of such interventions include the adaptability of behavioral economic principles and medication behavior, the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of design scheme, and the acceptability of intervention population. Although financial incentives have accumulated rich experience in health behavior interventions abroad, research on medication adherence remains limited, with existing intervention scheme design and mechanism constraints, and their effectiveness potentially varying across different cultural and social environments. China should explore practical models of financial incentives to enhance medication adherence, considering patients’ medication patterns and socio-cultural factors.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
4.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
5.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
6.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
7.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.An Overview of the Theory and Practice of Discounting in Health Technology Assessment
Tiantian TAO ; Chenhui TIAN ; Rui MA ; Pingyu CHEN
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(5):92-96
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:It explores critical issues of discounting in health technology assessment to provide a reference for improving discount rates in China.Methods:Based on literature review and empirical cases,it compares and analyzes the practical experience of the UK and Canada and the basis for discount rate setting in pharmacoeconomic evaluation and guidelines of various countries.Results:It is found that the social time preference and social opportunity cost approach provide research perspectives for discount rate calculation.How-ever,there are differences in the choice of discounting in international guidelines and pharmacoeconomic evaluation practices,which may reflect differences among countries regarding economic environment,healthcare systems,and values.Conclusion:It calls for more basic research on discounting and suggests the formulation of discount rates that align with our China's economic environment to provide deci-sion-makers with a reliable information foundation.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
10.Characteristics of anger emotions in patients with schizophrenia with violent behavior in community
Mingjin LUO ; Kejie WANG ; Pingyu TAO ; Xiaohua SUN ; Haidong SONG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2024;38(10):840-845
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To explore the anger emotional state,traits and expression characteristics in patients with schizophrenia with violent behavior in community.Methods:Twenty-five patients with schizopnrenia with a history of violent behavior among the community rehabilitation institutions were selected as the violent behavior group,and 74 patients with schizopnrenia without a history of violent behavior were selected as the nonviolent behavior group.The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS)was used to assess psychiatric symptoms,and the State-Trait An-ger Expression Inventory(STAXI)was used to assess anger characteristics.Results:Compared with the nonviolent behavior group,the violent behavior group had significantly higher scores in the trait of anger(patient dimension score,rational dimension score)and expression of anger(total score,restraint dimension score)[(28.0±23.8)vs.(19.6±13.3),(55.0±30.6)vs.(40.0±21.5),(34.2±11.6)vs.(27.3±10.7),(56.0±26.1)vs.(33.7±21.1),Ps<0.05].Higher scores of rationality dimension of anger trait(OR=3.69,95%CI:1.43-7.98)and re-straint dimension of anger expression(OR=3.25,95%CI:1.39-7.47)were risk factors for violent behaviors.Conclusion:Compared with patients with schizopnrenia without violent behavior,patients with violent behavior history may show more lack of rationality,and poorer anger restraint.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            
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