Table 1

The 38 included reviews and the focus on adherence interventions per review

Disease/disorder
 Technical
 Behavioural
 Educational
 Affective
 Other
 Complex
 Various
Single-focus reviews**)
Buring SM et al., 1999 [36]*
 Peptic ulcer
 X





Claxton AJ et al., 2001 [15]*
 Various
 X





Connor J et al., 2004 [37]*
 Various
 X





Iskedjian M et al., 2002 [38]*
 Hypertension
 X





Richter A et al., 2003 [39]*
 Various
 X





Yildiz A et al., 2004 [40]
 Depression
 X





Giuffrida A et al., 1997 [42]*
 Various
X




Macharia WM et al., 1992 [43]*
 Various
X




Brown SA 1990 [45]*
 Diabetes

X



Devine EC 1996 [46]*
 Asthma

X



Devine EC et al., 1995 [47]*
 Hypertension

X



DiMatteo MR 2004 [52]*
 Various



X 1)

Comparative reviews**)
Schedlbauer A et al., 2004 [58]
 Hyperlipidemia
 X
X
X 2)
 X
Schroeder K et al., 2004 [49]*
 Hypertension
 X
X
X 3)
 X
Merinder LB 2000 [54]
 Schizophrenia
X
 X



Mullen PD et al., 1992 [51]*
 Cardiac care
X
 X



Bender B et al., 2003 [27]
 Asthma
X
 X



Peterson AM et al., 2003 [29]
 Hyperlipidemia
X
 X

X
Peterson AM et al., 2003 [28]
 Various
X
 X

X
Takiya LN et al., 2004 [30]
 Hypertension
X
 X

X
Dolder ChR et al., 2003 [53]*
 Schizophrenia
X
 X
 X
X
Roter DL et al., 1998 [31]*
 Various
X
 X
 X
 X 4)
 X
Sharp J et al., 2005 [60]
 Hemodialysis
X
 X
 X
 X 5)
 X
Higgins N et al., 2004 [59]
 Elderly

X

X
Vergouwen ACM et al.2003 [50]*
 Depression

X
X 6)

Multiple-focus reviews**)
Burke LE et al., 1997 [9]*
 Cardiovascular





X
Dodds F et al., 2000 [35]*
 Psychosis





X
Haynes RB et al., 2005 [6]*
 Various





X
Morrison A et al., 2000 [41]*
 Hypertension





X
Newell SA et al., 1999 [67]
 Cardiovascular





X
Newell SA et al., 2000 [61]*
 Cardiovascular





X
Nosé M et al., 2003 [55]
 Schizophrenia





X
Pampallona S et al., 2002 [68]
 Depression





X
Van Dam HA et al., 2003 [56]
 Diabetes





X
Van der Wal MHL et al., 2005 [69]
 Cardiovascular





X
Van Eijken M et al., 2003 [44]*
 Elderly





X
Vermeire E et al., 2005 [57]
 Diabetes





X
Zygmunt A et al., 2002 [48]*
 Schizophrenia





X
Total
 38
 8
 10
 15
 2
 6
 8
 13

1) social support, 2) intensified care, 3) patient motivation, 4) provider directed interventions, 5) holistic approaches, 6) collaborative care

*) Reviews with significant differences between types of adherence interventions

**) Single-focus means that the interventions described in the review are all based on one model or theory; comparative means that two or more single-focus interventions are compared in the review; multiple-focus interventions are based on various models or theories

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