Adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes hipertensos pertenecientes al centro de salud Tierras ColoradasLoja.

Abstract

Abstract: Lack of adherence to pharmacological treatment is a problem of worldwide impact, becoming the first cause of death or disability due to therapeutic failure. Objective: To develop a multidisciplinary intervention to improve adherence to pharmacological treatment in hypertensive patients at the Tierras Coloradas health center. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was carried out, a multidisciplinary intervention strategy was developed, a pre-and post-test was applied to patients with hypertension and a sociodemographic data collection form and the Morisky-Green 8-item pharmacological adherence test were used as instruments. Results: the study was dominated by patients aged between 50 and 64 years (37.9%), 84.8% were female, 66.7% were married, 57.6% had basic schooling, and 72.7% were engaged in housework. At the beginning of the intervention, 87.95% had low adherence and at the end of the intervention, 59.1% had medium adherence and 6.1% had high adherence. Conclusion: The intervention carried out to address adherence to pharmacological treatment in patients with hypertension was effective.