Why Patients Skip Doses Infographic: Real-time Patient Insights from Medisafe
Highlights from the Skip Doses Infographic
- The United States ranks 28th among the 200+ countries and territories on Medisafe, lagging behind most European and many South American countries
- Overall, Fridays and Saturdays are the toughest days of the week for patient to stay adherent
- Twelve percent of patients said they skipped their dose because they ran out
- Oncology patients are the most adherent on Medisafe
- The #1 reason psychiatry patients gave for missing their meds is that they ran out
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Full Skip Doses Adherence Insights
Top 30 Adherent Countries for all Therapeutic Areas
- Germany: 85%
- Austria: 83%
- Italy: 83%
- Spain: 83%
- France: 82%
- Japan: 82%
- Netherlands: 82%
- Russian Federation: 82%
- Argentina: 81%
- Denmark: 81%
- Switzerland: 81%
- Ukraine: 81%
- Belgium: 80%
- Brazil: 80%
- Kazakhstan: 80%
- Poland: 80%
- Portugal: 80%
- Sweden: 80%
- Venezuela: 80%
- Iraq: 79%
- Mexico: 79%
- Canada: 78%
- Columbia: 78%
- Ecuador: 78%
- Israel: 78%
- UK: 78%
- Australia: 77%
- Turkey: 77%
- USA: 77%
- Chile: 76%
Why Patients Skip Doses
- Didn’t need dose: 30%
- Forgot/med not nearby: 30%
- Other: 22%
- Ran out of meds: 12%
- Worried about side effects: 4%
- Worried about cost: 2%
When Patients are Most Likely to Skip Doses
- Sunday: 2%
- Monday: 3%
- Tuesday: 5%
- Wednesday: 3%
- Thursday: 5%
- Friday: 8%
- Saturday: 6%
How Therapeutic Area Affects Med Adherence
- Oncology: 85%
- Infectious Disease: 83%
- HIV: 82%
- Hematology, Gynecology: 81%
- Nephrology: 80%
- Urology, Neurology, Cardiovascular: 79%
- Endocrinology, Dermatology, Pulmonary
Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology: 78% - Psychiatry, Ophthalmology: 77%
- Pain: 75%