Adherence to treatment in hypertansive patients from a local primary care office linked to the Policlínico Universitario “Joaquín de Agüero y Agüero”

Abstract

Introduction: the antihypertensive treatment in patients with 20 or more years old requires strict controls in order to maintain their healthy life span. Objective: to assess the therapeutic adherence in patients with hypertension from the Family doctor’s office No. 4, linked to the Policlínico Universitario “Joaquín de Agüero y Agüero”, in Camagüey. Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study during the period from October 2020 to February 2021 was conducted. In the research 98 patients with 20 or more years old were recruited to work with. Patients with difficulties in their blood pressure control due to the noncompliance with the treatment. Variables assesed were as follow: age, sex, stage of hypertension, adherence to treatment using the Morisky-Green-Levine test, drugs used, and non-adherence factors. The information gathered was processed via SPSS statistic 25.0. Results: patients with 60 years old (46.9%), males (58.1%), and clasified as stage 2 hypertension (51%) were predominant. Also, were predominant patients with partial therapeutic adherence (68.3%) (asper the Morisky-Green-Levine test outcomes), and patients whitch used three types of drugs to treat the illness (46.9%). The most common factors found were lack of drugs to treat the hypertension (86.7%) and the inadequate diet (77.5%). Conclusions: non-adherence to treatment in hypertensive patients expose them to adquire any cardiovascular complication, aspect whitch affect patients themselve, family, and the society.

Keywords

• antihipertensivos
• adherencia terapéutica
• hipertensión arterial