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Assessment of adherence to antihypertensive therapy Prevalencia y determinantes de adherencia a terapia antihipertensiva en pacientes de la Región Metropolitan
Authors
Mónica Acevedo
Carlos Akel
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Pedro Cofré
Carolina Echegoyen
Ana García
Lissette Gramusset
Hilda Hernández
Sandra León
N Moya
Patricia Neira
Viviana Opazo
Gloria Petit
Javier Pino
Raquel Retamal
Daniel Rodríguez
Claudia Salinas
Paola Varleta
Publication date
1 January 2015
Publisher
Sociedad Medica de Santiago
Abstract
© 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All Rights Reserved.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 ± 1
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