Adherence rates across segments and adherence type.
| Segment type | Subsegment adherencea | Segment adherenceb | Cumulative adherence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Segment 1 | 31/33 (93.9%) | 31/33 (93.9%) | - |
| Segment 2 | 30/33 (90.9%) | 32/33 (97.0%) | - |
| Segment 3 | 27/33 (81.8%) | 32/33 (97.0%) | - |
| Segment 4 | 24/33 (72.7%)c | 29/33 (87.9%) | - |
| Overall | 20/33 (60.6%) | 26/33 (78.8%) | 30/33 (90.9%) |
a: Cochran’s Q Test, p = 0.04; b: Cochran’s Q Test, p = 0.35; c: Pairwise McNemar’s test for segment 1 and segment 4 comparison, adjusted p = 0.05.
We would like to thank the individuals who participated in this study, as well as the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center staff who helped coordinate recruitment.
KC: Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MP: Data curation, Investigation, Project administration. ZTP: Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization. MSR: Investigation, Project administration. JD: Resources, Software. ML: Resources, Software. CL: Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Writing—review & editing. HL: Supervision, Writing—review & editing. RA: Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. PS: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. PHH: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Rhoda Au is a consultant for Signant Health, Biogen, and the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, a Swiss foundation and a U.S. not-for-profit. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
The study (H-37474) was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Boston University Medical Campus.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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Datasets are available on request: the raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
Support for this work came from NIH/NIA grant [4R44AG063635] and [2P30AG013846] from the National Institute on Aging. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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