05/Mar/2021
Medication regimen complexity of coronary artery disease patients
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2021AO5565
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the factors associated with the high complexity of medication regimen in patients with coronary artery disease. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a multiprofessional cardiology outpatient clinic, in the Secondary Care of the Unified Health System, where sociodemographic (age, sex, and education), clinical (number of health conditions, cardiovascular diagnoses, and comorbidities) and pharmacotherapeutic (adherence, polypharmacy, and cardiovascular polypharmacy) characteristics were collected. These were related to complexity of medication regimen, measured through the medication regimen […]
Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary artery disease; Drug utilization; Medication Adherence; Polypharmacy
28/Mar/2019
Validity and reliability of the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for adherence to drug treatment among diabetics
einstein (São Paulo). 28/Mar/2019;17(2):eAO4405.
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Validity and reliability of the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for adherence to drug treatment among diabetics
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4405
ABSTRACT Objective To prepare an instrument to evaluate health literacy with regard to adherence to drug treatment among diabetics, identify the validity of its content, and estimate its reliability. Methods Pilot study, with the following stages of instrument construction: literature review, content validation, reliability estimation (internal consistency/Cronbach’s alpha and reproducibility/Kappa). Results The validity of content was completed and presented alpha=0.77 and Kappa values ranged from 0.31 to 1.00. Conclusion The instrument was approved regarding content validity, presented acceptable internal consistency […]
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Health literacy; Medication Adherence; Reproducibility of Results; Validation Studies
06/Apr/2018
Is quality of life associated with compliance to pharmacoterapy in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis?
einstein (São Paulo). 06/Apr/2018;16(1):eAO4036.
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Is quality of life associated with compliance to pharmacoterapy in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis?
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082018AO4036
ABSTRACT Objective To analyzed the association of quality of life and compliance to drug treatment in chronic kidney disease patients. Methods The Short Form Health Survey was used to evaluate the quality of life of these patients, and the therapeutic complexity index was verified. The Morisky-Green test and the Brief Medication Questionnaire were applied to check compliance to drug therapy. Results A total of 197 patients were included. The Morisky-Green test and Brief Medication Questionnaire showed that most patients had […]
Keywords: Medication Adherence; Quality of life; Renal dialysis; Renal insufficiency, chronic