TY - JOUR T1 - Improving adherence in chronic airways disease: are we doing it wrongly? JF - Breathe JO - Breathe DO - 10.1183/20734735.0022-2021 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 210022 AU - GrĂ¡inne d'Ancona AU - John Weinman Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/17/2/210022.abstract N2 - Non-adherence to medicines is a significant clinical and financial burden, but successful strategies to improve it, and thus bring about significant improvements in clinical outcome, remain elusive. Many barriers exist, including a lack of awareness amongst some healthcare professionals as to the extent and impact of non-adherence and a dearth of skills to address it successfully. Patients may not appreciate that they are non-adherent, feel they cannot disclose it or underestimate its impact on their health in the short and longer term. In describing the evidence-based frameworks that identify the causal factors behind medicines taking (or not taking) behaviours, we can start to personalise interventions to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their treatments and thus overcome real and perceived barriers to adherence.Educational aimsTo understand the underlying principles of why a patient may or may not take medicines as agreed.To choose targeted interventions to support better adherence.Medicines non-adherence is common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. @GrainnedAn and colleagues outline causal factors behind this behaviour and the appropriate individualised interventions available to support optimal medicines use. https://bit.ly/3ejJNTV ER -