Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension

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Autor(a) principal: Andrade,Jadelson P.
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: Vilas-Boas,Fábio, Chagas,Hildenizia, Andrade,Marianna
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To analyze the reasons given by patients for interrupting their pharmacological treatment of hypertension. METHODS: We carried out an observational cross-sectional study, in which a questionnaire was applied and blood pressure was measured in 401 patients in different centers of the state of Bahia. The patients selected had been diagnosed with hypertension and were not on antihypertensive treatment for at least 60 days. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the groups were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 401 patients, 58.4% were females, 55.6% of whom white; 60.5% of the males were white. The major reasons alleged for not adhering to treatment were as follows (for males and females respectively): normalization of blood pressure (41.3% and 42.3%); side effects of the medications (31.7% and 24.8%); forgetting to use the medication (25.2% and 20.1%); cost of medication (21.6% and 20.1%); fear of mixing alcohol and medication (23.4% and 3.8%); ignoring the need for continuing the treatment (15% and 21.8%); use of an alternative treatment (11.4% and 17.1%); fear of intoxication (9.6% and 12.4%); fear of hypotension (9.6% and 12%); and fear of mixing the medication with other drugs (8.4% and 6.1%). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that most factors concerning the abandonment of the treatment of hypertension are related to lack of information, and that, despite the advancement in antihypertensive drugs, side effects still account for most abandonments of treatment.
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spelling Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertensionsystemic arterial hypertensiontreatmentadherenceOBJECTIVE: To analyze the reasons given by patients for interrupting their pharmacological treatment of hypertension. METHODS: We carried out an observational cross-sectional study, in which a questionnaire was applied and blood pressure was measured in 401 patients in different centers of the state of Bahia. The patients selected had been diagnosed with hypertension and were not on antihypertensive treatment for at least 60 days. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the groups were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 401 patients, 58.4% were females, 55.6% of whom white; 60.5% of the males were white. The major reasons alleged for not adhering to treatment were as follows (for males and females respectively): normalization of blood pressure (41.3% and 42.3%); side effects of the medications (31.7% and 24.8%); forgetting to use the medication (25.2% and 20.1%); cost of medication (21.6% and 20.1%); fear of mixing alcohol and medication (23.4% and 3.8%); ignoring the need for continuing the treatment (15% and 21.8%); use of an alternative treatment (11.4% and 17.1%); fear of intoxication (9.6% and 12.4%); fear of hypotension (9.6% and 12%); and fear of mixing the medication with other drugs (8.4% and 6.1%). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that most factors concerning the abandonment of the treatment of hypertension are related to lack of information, and that, despite the advancement in antihypertensive drugs, side effects still account for most abandonments of treatment.Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC2002-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002001300005Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia v.79 n.4 2002reponame:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)instacron:SBC10.1590/S0066-782X2002001300005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAndrade,Jadelson P.Vilas-Boas,FábioChagas,HildeniziaAndrade,Mariannaeng2002-11-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0066-782X2002001300005Revistahttp://www.arquivosonline.com.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||arquivos@cardiol.br1678-41700066-782Xopendoar:2002-11-06T00:00Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
title Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
spellingShingle Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
Andrade,Jadelson P.
systemic arterial hypertension
treatment
adherence
title_short Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
title_full Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
title_fullStr Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
title_sort Epidemiological aspects of adherence to the treatment of hypertension
author Andrade,Jadelson P.
author_facet Andrade,Jadelson P.
Vilas-Boas,Fábio
Chagas,Hildenizia
Andrade,Marianna
author_role author
author2 Vilas-Boas,Fábio
Chagas,Hildenizia
Andrade,Marianna
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Andrade,Jadelson P.
Vilas-Boas,Fábio
Chagas,Hildenizia
Andrade,Marianna
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv systemic arterial hypertension
treatment
adherence
topic systemic arterial hypertension
treatment
adherence
description OBJECTIVE: To analyze the reasons given by patients for interrupting their pharmacological treatment of hypertension. METHODS: We carried out an observational cross-sectional study, in which a questionnaire was applied and blood pressure was measured in 401 patients in different centers of the state of Bahia. The patients selected had been diagnosed with hypertension and were not on antihypertensive treatment for at least 60 days. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the groups were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 401 patients, 58.4% were females, 55.6% of whom white; 60.5% of the males were white. The major reasons alleged for not adhering to treatment were as follows (for males and females respectively): normalization of blood pressure (41.3% and 42.3%); side effects of the medications (31.7% and 24.8%); forgetting to use the medication (25.2% and 20.1%); cost of medication (21.6% and 20.1%); fear of mixing alcohol and medication (23.4% and 3.8%); ignoring the need for continuing the treatment (15% and 21.8%); use of an alternative treatment (11.4% and 17.1%); fear of intoxication (9.6% and 12.4%); fear of hypotension (9.6% and 12%); and fear of mixing the medication with other drugs (8.4% and 6.1%). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that most factors concerning the abandonment of the treatment of hypertension are related to lack of information, and that, despite the advancement in antihypertensive drugs, side effects still account for most abandonments of treatment.
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