Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

- Articles published in English

- Selected period 01/01/2014–31/12/2018

- Research focused on chronic diseases

- Studies published in peer-review journals

- Type of studies: original articles, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, narrative reviews

- Research primarily focused on medication adherence management that aimed to analyze and investigate the relationship between factors/determinants and tools to improve measures or knowledge.

Exclusion Criteria

- Research in which the methods applied and medication adherence measurement are NOT clearly defined

- Research that does NOT take into consideration adherence factors or determinants

- Articles without access to the full text

- Articles that do NOT include relevant information specifically designed to increase or better understand medication adherence

- Research/Articles NOT considering the minimum reporting criteria of EMERGE [37] reporting guidelines

- Non adult population included (under 18+ years of age)

- Double citations.