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
Artigo
em Espanhol
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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 and Methods: 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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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Adesão à Medicação
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Hipertensão
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Anti-Hipertensivos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Fundación de la Sociedad Chilena de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular/CL
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