依从性是指患者(或研究对象)执行所给医疗措施的客观行为的程度,或者说执行医嘱的程度。在一项前瞻性的队列研究中,研究对象的依从性越好,所得结果的说服力就越强;反之,即使研究设计十分周密,但依从性很差,也难以得到可靠的结论。 Compliance is the degree to which a patient (or subject) performs an objective act of giving medical treatment, or the extent to which a medical order is being performed. In a prospective cohort study, the better the compliance of the study subjects, the stronger the persuasiveness of the results obtained. Conversely, even if the study design is very thorough, but the compliance is poor, it is difficult to get credible conclusions.