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Factors associated with nonadherence to antihypertensive medication
Author(s) -
Cho SuJin,
Kim Jinhyun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12145
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , educational attainment , logistic regression , multivariate analysis , regimen , family medicine , multivariate statistics , medical prescription , demography , gerontology , environmental health , population , nursing , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth
Hypertension is one of the most serious health problems in K orea. The purpose of this paper is to identify factors associated with self‐reported nonadherence to an antihypertensive regimen. The data were obtained from the K orean M edical P anel 2008 and 2009 database, which were surveyed by the K orea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and National Health Insurance. We analyzed 5324 patients using multivariate logistic regression models. Self‐reported nonadherence was used as a dependent variable and demographic, socioeconomic, and health status were included as independent variables to investigate the associated factors. Among the patients who were diagnosed with hypertension, 13.2% did not take their medicine as prescribed. Age and education attainment level were statistically significant. Younger and lower educational attainment groups were less likely to adhere to medication regimens and showed a tendency not to take their medicine as prescribed. There were no statistically significant variables in terms of health status. Our findings suggest that nurses in clinical and community settings should pay more attention to hypertensive patients who are young and less educated.