Project 11: Understanding the Drivers of Medication Non-Adherence in the US
Mission of the Project
Background: Medication nonadherence is generally defined as a patient’s inability to take their medications correctly as prescribed by their doctors. Medication nonadherence adversely affects patient outcomes and increases healthcare costs. Prior research found that health system-, condition-, patient- (older age is one factor), therapy- and social/economic-related factors have been identified to show effect on non-adherence.
Goal: Our goal is to analyze the NHIS data to understand the sociodemographic and health causes of medication nonadherence, as well as answer the following questions about our selected topic:
Research Question or Motivation:
What variables are the most relevant drivers of nonadherence?
Does the direction and strength of the associations between these variables and medication nonadherence vary over time? If so, how?
Are trends getting better or worse?
Do the results of your analysis suggest that social inequality factors may be linked to medication nonadherence? If so, how?
What are the implications of your analysis for various stakeholders? How does this vary depending on whether medication nonadherence is intentional or unintentional?
Meet the Team
Romey Schwieterman
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Lead team in planning, general decisions, and ensure deliverables are presented on time.
Email: rschwiet@students.kennesaw.edu
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Issifou Ali
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Technical Writer: create technical documentation that include things like instruction manuals and presentations.
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Austin Poole
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Research and create data, images, and supplemental reading. Assist with writing and proofreading.
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apoole24@students.kennesaw.edu
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Austin Kay
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Gather informative information pertaining to the subject and package it to fit amongst the report format. Also assist with writing and proofreading of the report
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Muhammad Usman Mustafa
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Collect and analyze real world data from CDC and NHIS conduct surveys if needed. Analyze factors and variables causing non adherence among population and different demographics. Compare and contrast draw results in the end.
Email: mmustaf3@students.kennesaw.edu
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