Table 5.

Relationships With Clinicians: Second-Order Constructs

Second-Order Construct	Explanatory Notes	Articles
Promote persistence
Importance of good relationship with prescribing clinician	Valuing approachability and openness to discuss adverse effects	1, 5, 9, 11c, 13, 15
Importance of information given in suitable language	Dialogue with clinician in language deemed appropriate	5, 6, 11a, 11c, 15
Importance of information at initiation	Receiving adequate information when first starting treatment was deemed helpful	9, 11a
Ambivalence toward persistence
Adequate information about medication effects	Wanting information about medication effects and using other resources (eg, Internet) if this is not provided by clinician	3, 8, 9, 11b, 15
Wanting individualized treatment	I know this medication is good, but is it good for me?	8, 10, 12
Deter persistence
Receiving conflicting information from health professionals	Breakdown in transition of care between different health care settings	8, 11a, 11b, 11c
Skeptical about advice from nonclinicians	Heart disease considered too important to discuss with pharmacists	6, 15
Reluctance to seek information about drugs from clinicians	Concerns about inconveniencing busy clinicians	6, 10
Perceived severity of illness reduced by clinician terminology	Falsely reassured by misinterpreting jargon	2