A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center.
<h4>Background</h4>Non-adherence to cardiovascular medications is a global problem with clinical, economic, and humanistic consequences. Investigation of this problem may open the road for proper management of cardiovascular diseases.<h4>Objective</h4>Our objectives were to a...
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| author | Adil A Mahmoud Ali Awadallah Saeed Asim Ahmed Elnour Osama Nasreldin E M Vineetha Menon Semira Abdi Beshir Sami Fatehi Abdalla Abuelnor Mohammed Mohamed Baraka Fahad T Alsulami Yousef Saeed Alqarni Nadia Al Mazrouei Khalid Awad Al-Kubaisi Israa Yousif El Khidir Kishore Ganana Abdulla Al Amoodi |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Non-adherence to cardiovascular medications is a global problem with clinical, economic, and humanistic consequences. Investigation of this problem may open the road for proper management of cardiovascular diseases.<h4>Objective</h4>Our objectives were to assess the level of adherence to, and to examine factors influencing adherence to, cardiovascular medications in subjects visiting a heart center in Sudan.<h4>Methods</h4>We have conducted a cross-sectional study that assessed adherence to cardiovascular medications among subjects visiting outpatient cardiac clinics in a heart center-Khartoum State, Sudan. The validated Adherence to Refills and Medication Scale (ARMS) tool was used to assess the level of medication adherence. A score of >16 was used as a cut-off point to categorize surveyed patients into non-adherent (e.g., 17-48) and adherent (e.g., 12-16) in ARMS. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential tests such as One-Way ANOVA and Binary regression were used for data analysis.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 255 subjects were enrolled in this study. Slightly more than half the respondents were males (54.5%) and their ages ranged between (51-60 years), and have no insurance coverage (58%). Most of the subjects were married (60.4%), were from Khartoum-State (67.8%), and were unemployed (77.6%). About 39.6% had primary education while 34.5% had secondary (34.5%) education. Diabetes (56.1%) and hypertension (45.5%) were common among the study population. The results showed a high non-adherence prevalence rate (97.6%). The cited reasons for non-adherence include forgetfulness and the costs of refilling medications. Education and age were associated with the level of adherence. Those with high non-adherence behaviors were the more educated, younger and old patients, those not employed, and those having comorbid diseases.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The results generally showed a high level of non-adherence to cardiovascular medications, necessitating interventions to support patients' adherence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fe4aa6ebc0d041feaab731866f614aa52025-02-05T05:31:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031567210.1371/journal.pone.0315672A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center.Adil A MahmoudAli Awadallah SaeedAsim Ahmed ElnourOsama Nasreldin E MVineetha MenonSemira Abdi BeshirSami Fatehi AbdallaAbuelnor MohammedMohamed BarakaFahad T AlsulamiYousef Saeed AlqarniNadia Al MazroueiKhalid Awad Al-KubaisiIsraa Yousif El KhidirKishore GananaAbdulla Al Amoodi<h4>Background</h4>Non-adherence to cardiovascular medications is a global problem with clinical, economic, and humanistic consequences. Investigation of this problem may open the road for proper management of cardiovascular diseases.<h4>Objective</h4>Our objectives were to assess the level of adherence to, and to examine factors influencing adherence to, cardiovascular medications in subjects visiting a heart center in Sudan.<h4>Methods</h4>We have conducted a cross-sectional study that assessed adherence to cardiovascular medications among subjects visiting outpatient cardiac clinics in a heart center-Khartoum State, Sudan. The validated Adherence to Refills and Medication Scale (ARMS) tool was used to assess the level of medication adherence. A score of >16 was used as a cut-off point to categorize surveyed patients into non-adherent (e.g., 17-48) and adherent (e.g., 12-16) in ARMS. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential tests such as One-Way ANOVA and Binary regression were used for data analysis.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 255 subjects were enrolled in this study. Slightly more than half the respondents were males (54.5%) and their ages ranged between (51-60 years), and have no insurance coverage (58%). Most of the subjects were married (60.4%), were from Khartoum-State (67.8%), and were unemployed (77.6%). About 39.6% had primary education while 34.5% had secondary (34.5%) education. Diabetes (56.1%) and hypertension (45.5%) were common among the study population. The results showed a high non-adherence prevalence rate (97.6%). The cited reasons for non-adherence include forgetfulness and the costs of refilling medications. Education and age were associated with the level of adherence. Those with high non-adherence behaviors were the more educated, younger and old patients, those not employed, and those having comorbid diseases.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The results generally showed a high level of non-adherence to cardiovascular medications, necessitating interventions to support patients' adherence.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315672 |
| spellingShingle | Adil A Mahmoud Ali Awadallah Saeed Asim Ahmed Elnour Osama Nasreldin E M Vineetha Menon Semira Abdi Beshir Sami Fatehi Abdalla Abuelnor Mohammed Mohamed Baraka Fahad T Alsulami Yousef Saeed Alqarni Nadia Al Mazrouei Khalid Awad Al-Kubaisi Israa Yousif El Khidir Kishore Ganana Abdulla Al Amoodi A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. PLoS ONE |
| title | A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. |
| title_full | A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. |
| title_short | A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center. |
| title_sort | cross sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in sudan heart center |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315672 |
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