Abstract

LUGO R, Gladys Beatriz et al. Evaluation of compliance with pharmacotherapy in chronic outpatients attended in two health care centers in a rural area of Paraguay. Rev.Cs.Farm. y Bioq [online]. 2019, vol.7, n.1, pp.31-40. ISSN 2310-0265.

Abstract The lack of compliance with drug therapy is a recurring fact and a global problem that prevents the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic diseases can be avoided. Describe the fulfillment of pharmacotherapy in chronic patients, who attend two health care centers in the city of Horqueta, a rural area in northern Paraguay. It is an observational, descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Dyslipidemic, with non-probabilistic sampling for convenience, using the Morisky-Green Test to determine compliance with pharmacological treatment. The main results obtained were 63.2% women; 70.6% with primary study completed; 72.1% with a stable partner, 63.2% housewives and 55.9% residents in rural areas, close to both care centers. The predominant health problems were, diabetes with hypertension 38.2% and hypertension, 30.9%. The mean time to disease progression for patients with diabetes and hypertension was 10.4 years, and for patients with hypertension of 11.5 years. 55.9% showed non-compliance with the therapy. The most compliant patients are those who have more than 20 years of treatment for their disease, represented by 81.8%. 55.9% do not comply with the therapy. In 71.1% of cases, the main cause of non-compliance with pharmacotherapy was forgetfulness.

Keywords : Chronic diseases; Adherence; Morisky-Green.

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