A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Drug Compliance, Patient Counselling, Clinical Visit, Self-Report.Abstract
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how effectively cardiovascular disease patients take their medications. In Vivekanandha Medical Care Hospital, 155 cardiovascular patients participated in a prospective observational trial that lasted six months. The enrolled patients were assessed for medication adherence using the Manipal Scale for Cardiac Drug Compliance at the baseline, follow-up 1, and follow-up 2 visits. The adherence rate data was evaluated using GraphPad Prism 9. Higher scores on this measure indicated non-adherence. The degree of drug compliance in follow-up 2 was higher than it was in baseline and follow-up 1. Our study found that patients' levels of adherence increased when they received counselling regarding drugs and their use in the management of disease. The study's conclusions indicate that a patient self-report instrument for assessing medication adherence is a potentially useful
technique to improve medication adherence and can be used successfully as a tool to guide adherence-based counselling during clinical visits.
