underadherence

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ adherence.

Noun

underadherence (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Insufficient adherence to a treatment.
   • 2007 June, Min Yang, Jamie C. Barner, Jason Worchel, “Factors Related to Antipsychotic Oversupply Among Central Texas Veterans”, in Clinical Therapeutics, volume 29, number 6, →DOI, page 1214:

     Because of the substantial personal, social, and economic consequences of patients’ underadherence to medication regimens, the prevalence and impact of underadherence to antipsychotic regimens have been studied extensively.

Related terms

• underadherent