Abstract

ARANA MORALES, Guillermo; CILLIANI AGUIRRE, Becker  and  ABANTO, Dalila. Cumplimiento del tratamiento farmacológico y control de la presión arterial en pacientes del programa de hipertensión: Hospital Víctor Lazarte Echegaray - EsSALUD, Trujillo. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2001, vol.12, n.4, pp.120-126. ISSN 1018-130X.

Objective: A randomized transversal study was carried out for to determine if the pharmacology treatment compliance is adequate in patients of Hypertension Program from Hospital Victor Lazarte Echegaray. Material and methods: 81 patientes were included for a questionnaire. Medical indications were fulfilled by 45 (58%) patients. There was not associations with variables: Instruction degree and use of monoterapia or hypertensive drug associations. The reasons for don’t compliance treatment were: Forgot indications (55.9%), deplete medictions given for the program (38.2%), feeling of improvement (2.9%) and side effects (2.9%). 43 patients (53.8%) had controlled arterial pressure. There was associations between adequate levels of blood pressure and compliance of pharmacology antihypertensive treatment and associations between adequate levels and I and II stages of hypertension. Conclusions: The first reason for don’t compliance treatment was: patients forgot indications. There is relation between adequate levels of blood pressure and I and II stages of hypertension. (Rev Med Hered 2001; 12: 120-126 ).

Keywords : Hypertension; compliance; treatment.

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