February 28, 2015Saudi Pharmaceutical JournalOpen Access

Patient adherence to warfarin therapy and its impact on anticoagulation control

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Why the study?

Does self-reported adherence to warfarin therapy improve anticoagulation control in patients receiving warfarin?

Structured PICO

Does self-reported adherence to warfarin therapy improve anticoagulation control in patients receiving warfarin?

Population

192 patients receiving warfarin at an outpatient anticoagulant clinic in Saudi Arabia

Intervention

Warfarin therapy (adherence assessed using the translated Arabic version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale [MMAS-8])

Comparator

High adherence (score = 8) versus low adherence (score ≤ 7)

Outcome

Good anticoagulation control (defined as percent Time INR in Therapeutic Range [TTR] ≥ 75% using the Rosendaal method)surrogate

Self-reported adherence to warfarin therapy was not associated with actual anticoagulation control, though demographic factors like female sex and unemployment were independently associated with poor INR control.

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Implication

Self-reported adherence should not guide warfarin decisions; leaves open whether objective measures better predict INR control in prospective studies.

Cite This Study

Ahmed Y. Mayet (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71560735aa2c282ce2a52c https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2015.02.005

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Implication

Self-reported adherence should not guide warfarin decisions; leaves open whether objective measures better predict INR control in prospective studies.

Patient adherence to warfarin therapy and its impact on anticoagulation control

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Patient adherence to warfarin therapy and its impact on anticoagulation control

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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