Authors :
Sr. Amal SVM; Julia Jose
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 9 - September
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7196626
Abstract :
The present study was done to assess the
medication adherence and its related factors among
patients with coronary artery disease. The objectives of
the study were, to assess the medication adherence level,
to determine the related factors of medication adherence,
to find out the relationship between medication adherence
and its related factors, to find out the association between
selected socio demographic and clinical variable and
medication adherence among patients with CAD. The
sample consisted of 100 patients with CAD selected by
convenience sampling technique. The design used was
descriptive research design with quantitative approach.
The tools used were Structured Questionnaire on socio
demographic data, Checklist to assess medication
adherence and the factors were assessed using structured
questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive
and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed
that 77% of the samples were adherent to the medication
and 23% were not adherent. Behavioural factors such as
smoking after diagnosed as CAD(fisher’s exact test=
.000), alcoholism after diagnosed as CAD (fisher’s exact
test= .000), practicing exercise(fisher’s exact test= .000),
therapy and system related factors such as difficulty in
following medication regimen(fisher’s exact test= .000),
regular follow-up check-up(fisher’s exact test= .000),
support related factors such as someone to accompany
during check-up(fisher’s exact test= .000) and someone to
remind about the medication(fisher’s exact test= .000) are
related factors of medication adherence. Chi-square test
and Fisher’s Exact test was used to study the association
of variables under study with medication adherence. The
analysis showed that medication adherence was
significantly associated with marital status (fisher’s exact
test= .001) and specific comorbidities (fisher’s exact test=
.006). The present study concluded that low proportion
(23%) of the patients were found to be non-adherent.
Essential steps should be taken to enhance the medication
adherence among CAD patients. Appropriate health
education about long term complication of CAD should be
provided.
The present study was done to assess the
medication adherence and its related factors among
patients with coronary artery disease. The objectives of
the study were, to assess the medication adherence level,
to determine the related factors of medication adherence,
to find out the relationship between medication adherence
and its related factors, to find out the association between
selected socio demographic and clinical variable and
medication adherence among patients with CAD. The
sample consisted of 100 patients with CAD selected by
convenience sampling technique. The design used was
descriptive research design with quantitative approach.
The tools used were Structured Questionnaire on socio
demographic data, Checklist to assess medication
adherence and the factors were assessed using structured
questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive
and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed
that 77% of the samples were adherent to the medication
and 23% were not adherent. Behavioural factors such as
smoking after diagnosed as CAD(fisher’s exact test=
.000), alcoholism after diagnosed as CAD (fisher’s exact
test= .000), practicing exercise(fisher’s exact test= .000),
therapy and system related factors such as difficulty in
following medication regimen(fisher’s exact test= .000),
regular follow-up check-up(fisher’s exact test= .000),
support related factors such as someone to accompany
during check-up(fisher’s exact test= .000) and someone to
remind about the medication(fisher’s exact test= .000) are
related factors of medication adherence. Chi-square test
and Fisher’s Exact test was used to study the association
of variables under study with medication adherence. The
analysis showed that medication adherence was
significantly associated with marital status (fisher’s exact
test= .001) and specific comorbidities (fisher’s exact test=
.006). The present study concluded that low proportion
(23%) of the patients were found to be non-adherent.
Essential steps should be taken to enhance the medication
adherence among CAD patients. Appropriate health
education about long term complication of CAD should be
provided.
