TY - JOUR T1 - Adherence to treatment JF - Breathe JO - Breathe DO - 10.1183/20734735.0090-2021 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 210090 AU - Claudia C. Dobler Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/17/2/210090.abstract N2 - As clinicians, we are aware that prescribing a treatment is one thing, patients taking the treatment as prescribed is quite another. Adherence, which describes “the extent to which a patient correctly follows medical instructions” [1] is generally poor for long-term therapy for chronic illnesses. A systematic review of 37 studies in patients with COPD found that nonadherence to treatment ranged from 22 to 93% [2]. In young adults aged 15–30 years with asthma a meta-analysis of 16 studies demonstrated a pooled adherence to inhaled corticosteroid treatment of only 28% (95% CI 20–38%; p<0.001), with rates ranging from 6 to 58% [3].The latest issue of Breathe focuses on adherence to treatment: read the introductory editorial by Chief Editor @ClaudiaCDobler https://bit.ly/3vVRjKU ER -