Human Motion Project - The importance of patient compliance
Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Orthopedics
- Keywords
- Patient Compliance, compliance
- Copyright
- © 2014 Porter
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- Cite this article
- 2014. Human Motion Project - The importance of patient compliance. PeerJ PrePrints 2:e287v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.287v1
Abstract
For a patient to be compliant in wearing a device it is necessary to consider many factors as early on as at the time of device conception. These factors are divided up into outside influences and patient behavior. Outside influences can come from the treating physician’s attitude about the device or the patient’s own family. Any device affecting or altering patient’s behavior/lifestyle will have a major impact on compliance. It is necessary to invest time and money in order to identify these factors to understand which type of patient populations will be compliant.