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Background and Aim Adherence to long-term therapy for chronic illnesses in developed countries averages to 50%. In developing countries, the rates are even lower. Poor adherence to long-term therapies severely compromises the effectiveness of treatment making this a critical issue in population health both from the perspective of quality of life and of health economics. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common disorders affecting most of the productive age group. Therefore, an attempt has been made to determine medication adherence using the Morisky medication adherence scale-4 (MMAS-4) and its determinants in women patients with CVD.  Material and Methods A Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted at outpatient block of General Medicine and Cardiology departments which included 175 women patients who were already diagnosed with CVD (with at least 3 months of medication) and those who were willing to give informed consent for participation. Semi structured questionnaire was used which consisted of sociodemographic variables, MMAS-4 to measure the level of adherence and various determinants such as socioeconomic, patient related, condition related, therapy related, and health system related.  Results Prevalence of medication adherence among women of CVDs using MMAS-4 was high, medium, and low among 39, 51, and 10%, respectively. Significant determinants found were socioeconomic, patient related, health system, and therapy related.  Conclusion Low-to-medium medication adherence was found to be high which needs to be addressed to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with CVDs.

Medication Adherence and Its Determinants among Women of Cardiovascular Disease of Tertiary Care Hospital, Hyderabad