%0 Journal Article
%T Rela£¿£¿o entre a Escala de Ades£¿o Terap¨ºutica de oito itens de Morisky (MMAS-8) e o controle da press£¿o arterial
%A Oliveira-Filho
%A Alfredo Dias
%A Barreto-Filho
%A Jos¨¦ Augusto
%A Neves
%A Sabrina Joany Felizardo
%A Lyra Junior
%A Divaldo Pereira de
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC
%R 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000053
%X background: non-adherence to treatment is an important and often unrecognized risk factor that contributes to reduced control of blood pressure (bp). objective: to determine the association between treatment adherence measured by a validated version in portuguese of the 8-item morisky medication adherence scale (mmas-8) and bp control in hypertensive outpatients. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out with hypertensive patients older than 18 years, treated at six of the family health strategy units in macei¨® (al), through interviews and home blood pressure measurements, between january and april 2011. adherence was determined by mmas-8 version translated for this study. the patients were considered adherent when they had a score equal to 8 at the mmas-8. results: the prevalence of adherence among the 223 patients studied was 19.7%, while 34% had controlled bp (> 140/90 mmhg). the average adherence value according to the mmas-8 was 5.8 (¡À 1.8). adherent patients showed to be more prone (or = 6.1, ci [95%] = 3.0 to 12.0) to have blood pressure control than those who reached mean (6 to <8) or low values (<6) at the adherence score. the portuguese version of mmas-8 was showed a significant association with bp control (p = 0.000). conclusion: the diagnosis of non-adherent behavior through the application of mmas-8 in patients using of antihypertensive medications was predictive of elevated systolic and diastolic bp.
%K medication adherence
%K blood pressure
%K outpatients
%K health systems.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0066-782X2012001000011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en