EVALUATION OF MEDICATION COMPLIANCE IN PATIENTS WIT H CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN YEMEN
- Vol.11(4)
- M P Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd 2019
- 93-97p.
Objective: Non-compliance with heart failure medication is rel ated to the highest mortality, morbidity, and healt h-care costs. The objective of this study was to evaluate medication compliance with pa tients with congestive heart failure. Methods : Inpatients of the cardiac care unit and medical w ard of Republican Hospital, German Hospital, Revolut ionary Hospital, and Chinese– Yemeni Friendship Hospital were recruited for this study. The study was conducted on patients that wer e diagnosed as having congestive heart failure and were receiving treatment. Questionnaire s were distributed and personal interviews to evalu ate the patients’ compliance was conducted to determine the reasons for their non-compliance i n taking drugs. Results: Of 86 patients, 44% (n = 38) reported compliance an d 56% (n = 48) reported non-compliance. The distrib ution of the patients in terms of sex was as follows: among men, 41% (n = 24) were co mpliant and 59% (n = 35) were non-compliant; among women, 52% (n = 14) were compliant and 48% (n = 13) were non-compliant. In addition, s moking status was too significantly linked with non -compliance ( P = 0.001). Furthermore, the status of chewing of khat tree leaves was also sign ificantly associated with non-compliance ( P = 0.007). Conclusion: This study indicates that the reasons for non-compl iance with medications among patients can be attrib uted to lack of education, chewing of khat tree leaves, lack of health insuran ce, and cigarette smoking. Therefore, healthcare pr ofessionals should create strategies to address these reasons in order to increase medication compl iance with patients in heart failure.