[Assessment of adherence to antihypertensive therapy]. / Prevalencia y determinantes de adherencia a terapia antihipertensiva en pacientes de la Región Metropolitana.
Rev Med Chil
; 143(5): 569-76, 2015 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Lack of adherence with medications is the main cause of antihypertensive treatment failure.AIM:
To assess adherence to antihypertensive drugs and its determinants. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The Morinsky-Green questionnaire to determine treatment adherence was applied to 310 hypertensive patients from primary care centers, aged 60 ± 10 years (65% females) in treatment for 4 ± 1 months. Socio-demographic features, use of medications and quality of life using EQ5D questionnaire were also assessed.RESULTS:
Twenty percent of patients were diabetic and 19% were smokers. Fifty four percent were adherent to therapy. A higher age and being unemployed were associated with a higher compliance. The main reasons to justify the lack of adherence were forgetting to take the pills in 67% and adverse effects in 10%. Only diastolic pressure was lower in adherent patients, compared with their non-adherent counterparts (78 ± 12 and 81 ± 17 mmHg, respectively p < 0.01).CONCLUSIONS:
Only half of hypertensive patients comply with their antihypertensive therapy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adesão à Medicação
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Hipertensão
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Anti-Hipertensivos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article