Pharmacotherapy review: a proposal to improve medication adherence among hypertensive patients

Abstract

Pharmacotherapy review is a structured assessment of medicines, which aims to obtain a partnership with patients to achieve drug treatment goals and agreement about drug dosage, as well as when and how the drugs should be administered. The objective was to analyze the influence of pharmacotherapy review, by scheduling drug administration to improve medication adherence among antihypertensive patients. This study was an uncontrolled intervention developed in three distinct stages. The first stage included data collection on the profile of patients and their medications, and a preliminary assessment of medication adherence. In the second stage, the review report was delivered to patients. In the third stage, the results of blood pressure and medication adherence were assessed. The influence of the revision was measured through statistical tests (p<0.05). The study included 40 patients with a mean age of 58.0 (SD:11.3) years; 72.5% were women. Thirty-three (82.5 %) patients required some intervention, after when there was a significant increase in the number of daily doses (p=0.039) and drug intakes (p=0.025). There was a significant increase in the adherence rate, according to both the Morisky-Green test (p<0.001) and self-reported assessment (p=0.004). There was also an improvement in the levels of systolic (p<0.001) and diastolic (p=0.002) blood pressure and in the number of patients with controlled hypertension (p=0.006). The pharmaceutical service enhanced medication adherence and control of systemic blood pressure; however, it increased the complexity of treatment.Uniterms: Pharmacotherapy review. Drugs/administration schedule. Hypertension/medication adherence. Medication adherence. Pharmaceutical assistance.A revisão da farmacoterapia é uma avaliação estruturada dos medicamentos com o objetivo de proporcionar aos pacientes o alcance dos objetivos terapêuticos por meio da forma adequada de administração dos medicamentos. O objetivo foi analisar a influência da revisão da farmacoterapia, por meio do aprazamento dos medicamentos, na adesão à medicação e no controle da hipertensão arterial sistêmica. Trata-se de um estudo de intervenção não controlado desenvolvido em três momentos distintos. No primeiro, realizou-se a coleta de dados sobre o perfil dos pacientes e de suas medicações e a avaliação da adesão; no segundo momento, realizou-se a entrega do relatório da revisão aos pacientes e na terceira etapa avaliou-se o resultado da adesão e pressão arterial. A influência da revisão foi medida por meio de testes estatísticos (p<0,05). Participaram deste estudo 40 pacientes, com média de idade de 58,0 anos (SD:11,3), sendo 72,5% mulheres. Dos pacientes, 33 (82,5%) necessitaram intervenções. Após estas se verificou aumento significativo no número de doses (p=0,039) e no número de tomadas (p=0,025). Houve aumento significativo no número de aderentes tanto pelo teste de Morisky-Green (p<0,001) quanto na avaliação autorreferida (p=0,004). Também, houve melhora nos níveis de pressão sistólica (p<0,001) e diastólica (p=...

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