Key result
Nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy was highly prevalent and associated with younger age, working status, and overweight or obesity.
Why the study?
What factors are associated with nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment in primary care?
Cross-Sectional
No
What factors are associated with nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment in primary care?
A high proportion (64%) of hypertensive patients in primary care are nonadherent to their medication, with younger, employed, and overweight/obese patients at highest risk.
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May guide adherence support to younger, working, overweight patients in primary care; leaves open prospective confirmation of causality.
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the adherence of patients to antihypertensive treatment conducted in a Primary Care Unit (PCU), as well as the related factors of low adherence to this therapy. METHODS: A quantitative, descriptive exploratory study of hypertensive patients interviewed in a PCU, using the Morisky-Green Test for assessing adherence or nonadherence with antihypertensive treatment. RESULTS: A prevalence of 64% of patients who were nonadherent to antihypertensive therapy was identified, and this was significantly related to the variables of: age, occupation, obesity, lack of other chronic disease, lack of employment, continuous use of prescription drugs, misunderstanding of the medical recommendations, and ignorance of the name of antihypertensive medication use. CONCLUSION: We found a high prevalence (64%) of patients nonadherent to therapy, that was significantly associated with users who were: in the youngest age group, working, and presenting with overweight or obesity.
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Demoner et al. (2012) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension. Factors associated with low adherence (younger age, working, overweight/obesity) was evaluated on Nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy assessed by the Morisky-Green Test. Nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy was highly prevalent and associated with younger age, working status, and overweight or obesity.
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