Adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes diabéticos e hipertensos del centro de salud Mariano Estrella, período septiembre 2019 - febrero 2020

Abstract

Adherence to treatment is the person's attitude to drug prescriptions according to the medical indication. Objective: To determine adherence to pharmacological treatment in diabetic and hypertensive patients treated at the Mariano Estrella Health Center. Methodology: Applied, descriptive, cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach. Sample: 151 users who presented arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and the two pathologies together. Technique: Survey. Instruments: Test to measure knowledge of the pathology and Morisky test to measure adherence to treatment. Results: 44.1% of the patients studied were between the ages of 65 and over, the female sex prevailed 57.9%, 59.9% of the patients were married, 16.4% had complete secondary education, and a similar percentage of illiteracy was noted (15.8%). Thirty-eight per cent of the patients suffered from hypertension, 33 per cent from diabetes, and 27 per cent from both diseases. Forty-six percent of the participants had a qualified level of knowledge about the pathology; with regard to adherence to treatment, 93.4% were not adherent and only 6.6% were adherent to treatment. Conclusion: The majority of the patients studied were not adherent to the pharmacological treatment, which means that where 9 out of 10 patients do not take the medication as indicated by the doctor, and have an average knowledge of the pathology they suffer from.