Patterns and determinants of treatment compliance among hypertensive patients
| Autor: | R M Youssef, I. I. Moubarak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Drug holiday Logistic regression Compliance (physiology) Blood pressure Treatment compliance Weight loss Internal medicine medicine Smoking cessation medicine.symptom business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 8:579-592 |
| ISSN: | 1687-1634 1020-3397 |
| DOI: | 10.26719/2002.8.4-5.579 |
| Popis: | Logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of pharmacological and lifestyle compliance among hypertensive patients. Patients attending health insurance clinics for prescription refills were randomly selected and interviewed [n = 316]. Blood pressure was controlled for 53.2% of patients but 25.9% were non-compliant with medication. Common barriers to compliance were: feelings of normal blood pressure, forgetfulness, drug holidays and drug side-effects. Patients were non-compliant with smoking cessation [43.6%], weight reduction [59.3%], and dietary salt [22.4%] and fat restriction [26.5%]. Misconceptions about smoking cessation and costs of preparing special dishes were common. Independent predictors of compliance were: controlled blood pressure, diet modification, drug side-effects, and perceptions of management benefits and susceptibility to related complications |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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