Prevalencia y determinantes de adherencia a terapia antihipertensiva en pacientes de la Región Metropolitana / Assessment of adherence to antihypertensive therapy
Rev. méd. Chile
;
143(5): 569-576, tab
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-751701
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.
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Medication Adherence
/
Hypertension
/
Antihypertensive Agents
Type of study:
Observational study
/
Prevalence study
/
Prognostic study
/
Risk factors
/
Screening study
Limits:
Aged
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundación de la Sociedad Chilena de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular/CL
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS