Patient Preference and Adherence (Jan 2019)

Self-reported adherence to physical activity recommendations compared to the IPAQ interview in patients with hypertension

  • Riegel GR,
  • Martins GB,
  • Schmidt AG,
  • Rodrigues MP,
  • Nunes GS,
  • Correa Jr V,
  • Fuchs SC,
  • Fuchs FD,
  • Ribeiro PAB,
  • Moreira LB

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 13
pp. 209 – 214

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Glaube R Riegel,1 Giulia B Martins,1 Afonso G Schmidt,1 Marcela P Rodrigues,1 Gerson S Nunes,2 Vicente Correa Jr,1,2 Sandra C Fuchs,1 Flavio D Fuchs,1,2 Paula AB Ribeiro,1,3 Leila B Moreira1,4 1Postgraduate Studies Program in Cardiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 2Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 3Cardiology Division, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada; 4Pharmacology Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Background: Physical activity (PA) is recommended as adjuvant therapy to control blood pressure (BP). The effectiveness of simple recommendations is not clear. We aimed to assess the agreement between self-report of adherence to PA in clinical routine and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) interview and its association with BP control. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with hypertensive outpatients. Adherence to recommendation to PA was assessed by the physician and IPAQ interview. A cutoff of 150 minutes/week was used to classify active or nonactive patients. High sitting time was considered >4 hours/day. A total of 127 individuals (SBP 144.9±24.4 mmHg/DBP 82.0±12.8 mmHg) were included. Results: A total of 69 subjects (54.3%) reported to be active to their physician, whereas 81 (63.8%) were classified as active by IPAQ (6.3% active in leisure time PA). Kappa test was 0.22 (95% CI, 0.06–0.37). The rate of BP control was 45.7%. There was no association with the reported PA assessed by both methods nor with sitting time. Our results demonstrated poor agreement between self-report adherence and IPAQ interview, and neither evaluation was associated with BP control. Conclusion: Our findings underpin evidences that a simple PA recommendation has low association with BP control in clinical settings. Keywords: blood pressure, exercise, treatment adherence, self-report, hypertension, physical activity counseling

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