Interventions to improve adherence

• Integration into daily habits/schedule
  • Recommend placing the medication on the bathroom counter next to his toothbrush
• Pill organizers & dispensers
• Simplified treatment regimen
• Automated reminders (eg, smartphone applications)
• Frequent telephone contacts & interprofessional (eg, nurse, pharmacist) follow-up
• Motivational interviewing
• Consolidated refill schedule

Adolescents

• Lack of support, stigmatization (especially amongst adolescents, e.g., due to peer attitudes toward the illness and/or its treatment)
  • Peer-facilitated behavioral interventions to convey knowledge about the illness and social acceptance for its treatment
    • Encourage patients with chronic illnesses to seek support from peers with the same chronic illness, e.g., through:
      • Community health projects
      • Local and online support groups
  • Encourage patients with chronic illnesses to familiarize their peers with their illness and its treatment.