Open AccessMedication Routines and Adherence Among Hypertensive African Americans
Author(s) -
Solomon Abida,
Schoenthaler Antoinette,
Seixas Azizi,
Ogedegbe Gbenga,
JeanLouis Girardin,
Lai Dejian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/jch.12566
Subject(s) - medicine , medication adherence , medline , family medicine , law , political science
Poor adherence to prescribed medication regimens remains an important challenge preventing successful treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension. While studies have documented differences in the time of day or weekday vs weekend on medication adherence, no study has examined whether having a medication‐taking routine contributes to increased medication adherence. The purpose of this study was to: (1) identify patients’ sociodemographic factors associated with consistent medication‐taking routine; (2) examine associations between medication‐taking consistency, medication adherence, and blood pressure ( BP ) control. The study included black patients with hypertension (n = 190; 22 men and 168 women; age, mean± standard deviation 54 ± 12.08 years) who completed a practice‐based randomized controlled trial. Findings showed that medication‐taking consistency was significantly associated with better medication adherence ( F = 9.54, P = .002). Associations with the consistency index were not statistically significant for diastolic BP control ( odds ratio, 1.319; 95% confidence interval, 0.410–4.246; P = .642) and systolic BP control ( odds ratio, 0.621; 95% confidence interval, 0.195–1.974; P = .419).