Correlation between medication adherence and quality of life in aged patients with hypertension from ;communi ties
10.3969/j.issn.1008-0074.2017.01.
- VernacularTitle:社区老年高血压患者服药依从性与生活质量的相关性研究
- Author:
Jie LI
;
Lianzhao YANG
;
Lingling PANG
;
Fanfan CHEN
;
Ling CHEN
;
Xiaofang LIU
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
Medication adherence;
Quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of cardiovascular Rehabilitation Medicine
2017;26(1):1-4
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the correlation between medication adherence and quality of life (QOL) in aged pa‐tients with hypertension from communities .Methods :Chinese questionnaire of quality of life in patients with cardi‐ovascular disease (CQQC) and Morisky medication adherence scale were used to investigate and analyze 197 aged pa‐tients with hypertension from communities .Results:Total score of CQQC was (78.69 ± 9.36) scores in the 197 aged patients with hypertension from communities .In which ,77 cases (39.09% ) possessed good medication adherence , and 120 cases ( (60. 91% )) with poor adherence to medication . Compared with those with poor adherence to medi‐cation,therewassignificantriseintotalscoreofCQQC [(75.73±8.52)scoresvs.(83.31±8.76)scores ,P<0.01] .Pearson correlation analysis indicated that QOL was significant positively correlated with medication adher‐ence (r=0.397 , P<0.01) .Conclusion:Community health staff should pay attention to influencing factors of med‐ication adherence in aged patients with hypertension ,take individualized and targeted interventional measures to im‐prove their adherence to medicationand quality of life .
