Psychiatry and Psychology

Patient Compliance

Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.

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Synonyms

30 entry terms
  • Client Adherence
  • Client Compliance
  • Patient Adherence
  • Patient Cooperation
  • Adherence, Client
  • Adherence, Patient
  • Client Compliances
  • Compliance, Client
  • Compliance, Patient
  • Cooperation, Patient
  • Non-Adherent Patient
  • Patient Non-Adherence
  • Patient Non-Compliance
  • Patient Nonadherence
  • Patient Noncompliance
  • Therapeutic Compliance
  • Treatment Compliance
  • Compliance, Therapeutic
  • Compliance, Treatment
  • Non Adherent Patient
  • Non-Adherence, Patient
  • Non-Adherent Patients
  • Non-Compliance, Patient
  • Nonadherence, Patient
  • Noncompliance, Patient
  • Patient Non Adherence
  • Patient Non Compliance
  • Patient, Non-Adherent
  • Therapeutic Compliances
  • Treatment Compliances

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

distinguish entry term PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE from TREATMENT REFUSAL

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History Note

1975; for PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE use TREATMENT REFUSAL 1997-2008, use PATIENT COMPLIANCE 1982-1990, use PATIENT DROPOUTS 1975-1981

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Previous Indexing

  • Cooperative Behavior (1971-1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient Compliance. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010349. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010349
  2. Patient Compliance. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1121713