Adherencia farmacológica en pacientes con terapia antihipertensiva atendidos en el Hospital de la Mujer y el Niño de Patamarca

Abstract

HT is a chronic disease characterized by persistently high blood pressure (greater than 140 / 90mmHg) and is the most important modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the world, associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that can lead to the death of the patient. For this reason, it is important that these people have adequate knowledge to improve their therapeutic adherence. The objective of this research was to determine the pharmacological adherence in patients with antihypertensive therapy treated at the Hospital de la Mujer y el Niño de Patamarca, the applied methodology corresponded to an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, and for the collection of information it was applied the Morisky Green Levine Test and the Battle Test, to 48 patients with a diagnosis of hypertension who met the inclusion criteria, who are receiving treatment for this disease; and that they were seen on an outpatient basis at the Hospital de la Mujer y el Niño de Patamarca in March 2020. As a result of the present study, regarding the Morisky questionnaire, it was obtained that 50% of the patients responded This test was correct, while the other half proved not to be adherent to pharmacological treatment. Finally, through the Battle questionnaire, 46% of the surveyed patients demonstrated that they did not know about their disease because they answered the questions asked incorrectly, while 54% of the patients answered correctly, and consider themselves compliant.