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Association between polypharmacy and the adherence to pharmacological treatment in patients with diabetes

2017; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 18; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15253/2175-6783.2017000500010

ISSN

2175-6783

Autores

Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Samila Torquato Araújo, Virgínia Oliveira Fernandes, Islene Víctor Barbosa, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Renan Magalhães Montenegro,

Tópico(s)

Youth, Drugs, and Violence

Resumo

Objective: to evaluate the occurrence of polypharmacy and its association with the adherence to the pharmacological treatment in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with 235 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 through interview about the demographic and clinical data, drug therapy prescribed and adherence to treatment.To analyze the data, we used Student t-tests and Chi-square, with significance level p<0.05.Results: polypharmacy was evidenced in 88.4% of cases with a predominance of moderate level.An average of 7.5 pills per person among the 19 types of prescribed drugs were used.Adherence to prescribed therapy was reported by 88.2% of patients evaluated and there was no association with polypharmacy (p=0.266).Conclusion: it was verified that polypharmacy is a condition of high prevalence and is not associated with worse adherence to therapy.

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