Analysis of no adherence to treatment in hypertensive patients

Abstract

Introduction: hypertensive patients should be sure of that controlling arterial pressure will reduce the disease´s complications, while physicians want an evidence based guideline to control these patients, so this is a serious health problem around the world. The problem of control and target organ damage justified this study to know the impact of arterial hypertension lack of control in primary health care.

Materials and methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out on the uncontrolled arterial hypertension in a group of patients of a medical consultation.

Results:  there it was an increase of hypertension in parallel to age; female sex and white race predominated, with a high presence of risk factors; all of that, together with lack of control, makes prognosis worse in this group. The main causes of treatment desertion were the appearance of secondary effects and the low estimation for the medication and diet to control the arterial hypertension.   

Conclusions: an adequate fraction of the hypertensive population was controlled, although a high percent of the population was found with risk factors, with a lack of control on their diet; the appearance of secondary effects and the low estimation for the medication were the main cause of treatment desertion, inducing a high frequency of complications.