MedicalResearch.com Interview with;Dr. Wanpen Vongpatanasin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Hypertension Section, Cardiology Division
UT Southwestern Medical Center
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?Dr. Vongpatanasin: We found that more than 50% of patients with resistant hypertension were non-adherent to at least one drug prescribed by their primary care physicians for blood pressure control.
When we provided this information back to the patients, as part of care in our hypertension specialty clinic, we found that many patients report difficulty taking prescribed medications due to either associated side effects or cost of the medication. When we adjusted patient's medications to fit their needs, BP levels were substantially improved during subsequent visits without increasing the number of medications.
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with:Dr. Jinoos Yazdany MD, MPH
Assistant Professor in Residence
UCSF School of Medicine
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?Answer: For almost all of the drugs we examined, we found that less than half of patients adhered to treatment. For some drugs, less than one-third of individuals were adherent. The average medication possession ratios were low across all drugs.
We found that several factors played an important part in adherence. Younger individuals were less likely to adhere to treatment for several drugs, and we also found racial/ethnic differences, with Black, Hispanic and Native populations having lower adherence. We also found geographic variation in adherence, with individuals in the Northeast being the most likely to adhere to treatment.
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MedicalResearch.com Interview withProfessor Stefan Priebe, Dipl.-Psych., Dr. med. habil., FRCPsych
Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development
Queen Mary, University of London
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?Answer: Offering modest financial incentives can help patients to achieve better adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication. (more…)
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