Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
Características associadas ao abandono do acompanhamento de pacientes hipertensos atendidos em um ambulatório de referência
| dc.creator | Busnello, Renné Gusmão | |
| dc.creator | Melchior, Raquel | |
| dc.creator | Faccin, Carlo Sasso | |
| dc.creator | Vettori, Daniela Vanessa | |
| dc.creator | Petter, Juliano Gueno | |
| dc.creator | Moreira, Leila Beltrami | |
| dc.creator | Fuchs, Flávio Danni | |
| dc.date | 2010-04-16T09:10:20Z | |
| dc.date | 2001 | |
| dc.identifier | 0066-782X | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/19518 | |
| dc.identifier | 000327024 | |
| dc.description | Objective - To determine the characteristics associated with the dropout of patients followed up in a Brazilian out patient clinic specializing in hypertension. Methods - Planned prospective cohort study of patients who were prescribed an antihypertensive treatment after an extensive initial evaluation. The following parameters were analyzed: sex, age, educational level, duration of disease, pressure level used for classifying the patient, previous treatment, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, familial history of hypertension, and lesion in a target organ. Results – We studied 945 hypertensive patients, 533 (56%) of whom dropped out of the follow-up. The mean age was 52.3±12.9 years. The highest probabilities of dropout of the follow-up were associated with current smoking, relative risk of 1.46 (1.04-2.06); educational level equal to or below 5 years of schooling, relative risk of 1.52 (1.11-2.08); and hypertension duration below 5 years, relative risk of 1.78 (1.28- 2.48). Age increase was associated with a higher probability of follow-up with a relative risk of 0.98 (0.97-0.99). Conclusion – We identified a group at risk for dropping out the follow-up, which comprised patients with a lower educational level, a recent diagnosis of hypertension, and who were smokers. We think that measures assuring adherence to treatment should be directed to this group of patients. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.relation | Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. São Paulo. Vol. 76, n. 5 (maio 2001), p. 352-354. | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject | Systemic hypertension | |
| dc.subject | Dropout | |
| dc.subject | Treatment | |
| dc.subject | Farmacologia | |
| dc.subject | Hipertensão | |
| dc.subject | Pacientes desistentes do tratamento | |
| dc.title | Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic | |
| dc.title | Características associadas ao abandono do acompanhamento de pacientes hipertensos atendidos em um ambulatório de referência | |
| dc.type | Artigo de periódico | |
| dc.type | Nacional |