2010
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-82502010000400024
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Adherence to drug treatment in hypertensive patients on the Family Health Program

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze adherence to drug treatment in hypertensive patients enrolled on the Family Health Program in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State. This transversal study was conducted between August and December 2006, in which 109 patients were interviewed using the Morisky and Green Test to measure adherence level to pharmacotherapy. Variables that may be related to adherence level were also investigated, such as demographic characteristics, health care team and health service related … Show more

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“…The median sample size for all surveyed studies was 885 participants (range 109‐7425), with a total of 27 441 participants included in this review. Eleven studies were based in North America, 7 in Asia, 5 in South America, 4 in Europe, 2 in Africa, and 3 were conducted in multiple countries . The most common condition studied was Hypertension (n = 27).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The median sample size for all surveyed studies was 885 participants (range 109‐7425), with a total of 27 441 participants included in this review. Eleven studies were based in North America, 7 in Asia, 5 in South America, 4 in Europe, 2 in Africa, and 3 were conducted in multiple countries . The most common condition studied was Hypertension (n = 27).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There were 24 cross‐sectional studies and 7 longitudinal studies included in this review. Seven articles obtained a quality score below 50% in STROBE criteria . The most frequent quality deficiency was the description of methodology, which lacked information such as study size, statistical method details and clear definition of outcome variables and exposures.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Já os conduzidos por Fröhlich et al 20 , Pollack t al. 36 e Acurcio et al 37 apresentaram uma associação direta entre a complexidade da terapia e a não adesão. Paradoxalmente, existem ainda trabalhos que têm indicado que o maior número de medicamentos ou a alta complexidade pode estar associado a maior adesão por interferir na forma com que o indivíduo percebe e lida com sua condição 38,39 .…”
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“…[9][10][11][12][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] The majority of these studies were from China Nigeria and Malaysia (Table 1). …”
Section: Study Selectionmentioning
confidence: 99%