Adherence to Antiplatelet Medications among Persistent and Non-Persistent Older Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/12/1800/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/12/1800/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9121800" target="_blank" >10.3390/biomedicines9121800</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adherence to Antiplatelet Medications among Persistent and Non-Persistent Older Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Original language description

Secondary prevention of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) includes administration of antiplatelet agents, and adherence to medication is a requirement for an effective treatment. The aim of this study was to analyse adherence measured using the proportion of days covered (PDC) index separately in persistent and non-persistent patients, and to identify patient- and medicationrelated characteristics associated with non-adherence in these patient groups. The study cohort of 9178 patients aged ≥ 65 years in whom PAD was diagnosed in 1/–12/2012 included 6146 persistent and 3032 non-persistent patients. Non-adherence was identified as PDC &lt; 80%. Characteristics associated with non-adherence were determined using the binary logistic regression model. In the group of persistent patients, 15.3% of subjects were identified as non-adherent, while among nonpersistent patients, 26.9% of subjects were non-adherent to antiplatelet medication. Administration of dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin and clopidogrel) and a general practitioner as index prescriber were associated with adherence in both patient groups. Our study revealed a relatively high proportion of adherent patients not only in the group of persistent patients but also in the group of nonpersistent patients before discontinuation. These results indicate that most non-persistent PAD patients discontinue antiplatelet treatment rapidly after a certain period of adherence.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biomedicines

ISSN

2227-9059

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

"nestránkováno"

UT code for WoS article

000735614900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85120542589