About the Treatment Compliance
The Treatment Compliance questionnaire is a practical, single-question tool created by Patient Watch to help clinicians monitor how closely patients follow their agreed care plan. It captures the patient's overall sense of adherence, providing a quick signal that can be trended between visits and combined with condition-specific outcome measures.
Medical Specialties
Anatomic Areas
Clinical Indications
Developer Information
Developed by Patient Watch to provide a pragmatic, lightweight adherence snapshot suitable for routine clinical follow-up. Designed to be trended alongside condition-specific outcome measures.
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Administration Instructions
Please answer honestly about how closely you followed the advice you were given.
Scoring Methodology
The response is rated on a four-point Likert scale and transformed to a 0–100 score (Not at all = 0, Some of the time = 50, Most of the time = 75, All of the time = 100). Scores can be trended over time to monitor change following advice or intervention.
Meaningful Change Threshold
A change of 10 points on the 0–100 compliance scale over 2–4 weeks is generally considered clinically meaningful for monitoring adherence, though thresholds may vary by programme intensity and patient context.
Score Interpretation
Understanding what your score means
poor
0 - 39Low adherence; care plan unlikely to have intended effect without additional support.
fair
40 - 59Partial adherence; consider simplifying the plan or addressing barriers.
good
60 - 79Good adherence; continue current plan and reinforce enablers.
excellent
80 - 100High adherence; plan is being followed as intended.
Subscales
This questionnaire measures multiple dimensions
Treatment Compliance (0-100)
Overall adherence to the agreed treatment guidance
Clinical Limitations & Considerations
Self-report measures may be influenced by recall and social desirability bias. This tool is intended for monitoring adherence and should be interpreted alongside clinical outcomes and context. Domain weighting is equal by default and may not reflect all clinical priorities.
Supporting Literature
Key validation and development studies for the Treatment Compliance
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Adherence to medication
Osterberg L, Blaschke T
The New England Journal of Medicine, 2005
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