Occupational Health - Public Health Poster Session
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Introduction
The aim is to assess the differences in the compliance rate with antihypertensive treatment and the sociodemographic features related with it (figure 1).
Materials and Methods
Design: Retrospective observational study.
Subjects: Patients diagnosed and treated of hypertension by general practitioner in our province. We selected a random sample with 1197 patients from different health centers.
Variables: Age Gender Labour situation Educational level Marital status Morisnky-Green test (patient knowledge about hypertension and patient compliance)
Data collection: Personal interview with each patient.
Results
- 715 patients (60%) showed a good compliance - 365 subjects (30%) got medium compliance rate and, - 117 patients (10%) were classified as “bad compliers”
The differences with the different intergroups measured by the Morinsky-Green test are significative statistically with the: - age (p=0.002) - gender (p=0.009)(figure 2) - Marital status (p=0.000) - Labour situation (p=0.012)(figure 3)
They are not different for educational level (p=0.080)
Fig 2
Fig 3
Discussion and Conclusion
- Men and active people showed better compliance rates.
- There were not differences between educational level.
References
Piñeiro F et al. Factores implicados en el cumplimiento del tratamiento farmacológico en la HTA. Aten Prim 1997; 20: 180-184.
Sharkness C, Snow D. The patient´s view of hypertension and compliance. Am J Prev Med 1992;8(3):141-146.
De la Figuera M, Fernandez ML, Cordoba R. Hipertensión arterial. En: Martín Zurro A, Caro Perez JF, eds. Atención Primaria. Conceptos, organización y práctica clínica. (3ª ed) Barcelona, 1994.
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