Prevalencia y determinantes de adherencia a terapia antihipertensiva en pacientes de la Región Metropolitana / Assessment of adherence to antihypertensive therapy
Rev. méd. Chile
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143(5): 569-576, tab
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Dans Espagnol
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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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Sujet Principal:
Adhésion au traitement médicamenteux
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Hypertension artérielle
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Antihypertenseurs
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Étude de prévalence
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Étude pronostique
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Facteurs de risque
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Étude de dépistage
Limites du sujet:
Adulte très âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Espagnol
Texte intégral:
Rev. méd. Chile
Thème du journal:
Médicament
Année:
2015
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Chili
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Fundación de la Sociedad Chilena de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular/CL
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