Cover Image

Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients

Background: Hyperlipidaemia is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, adherence to lipid-lowering therapy is often unsatisfactory due to a combination of patient factors, therapy, socio-economic and health system-related factors. Aims: to identify the prevalence of adherenc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Mohamed, Mohazmi, Hussein, Norita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/1/Prevalence%2C%20factors%20influencing%20and%20knowledge%20about%20adherence%20to%20lipid-lowering%20therapy%20among%20hyperlipidemia%20patients.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/
http://www.e-mjm.org/index.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.56859
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.568592017-09-05T10:05:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/ Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients Devaraj, Navin Kumar Mohamed, Mohazmi Hussein, Norita Background: Hyperlipidaemia is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, adherence to lipid-lowering therapy is often unsatisfactory due to a combination of patient factors, therapy, socio-economic and health system-related factors. Aims: to identify the prevalence of adherence to lipid-lowering therapy, the factors contributing to non-adherence and knowledge regarding hyperlipidaemia and its’ treatment among Malaysian patients with hyperlipidemia. Methods: A quantitative study using a cross-sectional survey was carried out in an urban primary care clinic in August 2015. Patients on lipid-lowering therapy for ≥ 1 year aged ≥ 18 years were selected using simple random sampling. consenting patients answered a self-administered questionnaire (in Malay/English) which included socio-demographic profile, hyperlipidaemia profile, adherence to lipid-lowering therapy (using the Morisky Medication Adherence scale-8; score ≥ 6 taken as adherent), reasons leading to non-adherence, knowledge regarding hyperlipidaemia and its’ treatment, and use of non-allopathic medicine. Results: the response rate was 90.7%. the prevalence of adherence to lipid-lowering therapy was 82.4%. “the most common reasons for non-adherence was being worried about side effect of lipid-lowering agent (71.4%), followed by the need to take too many drugs in a day (61.4%) and negative influences by friends, relative and mass media (60%)”. Factors associated with non-adherence include male gender, on longer duration of therapy, less frequency of follow-up, less number of follow-up clinics, taking medication at night/random timing and having lower knowledge scores. Conclusion: Overall the prevalence of adherence was high in patients with hyperlipidaemia. Interventions to boost adherence should target those who were identified as non-adherent. Malaysian Medical Association 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/1/Prevalence%2C%20factors%20influencing%20and%20knowledge%20about%20adherence%20to%20lipid-lowering%20therapy%20among%20hyperlipidemia%20patients.pdf Devaraj, Navin Kumar and Mohamed, Mohazmi and Hussein, Norita (2017) Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 72 (3). pp. 157-164. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/index.html
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description Background: Hyperlipidaemia is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, adherence to lipid-lowering therapy is often unsatisfactory due to a combination of patient factors, therapy, socio-economic and health system-related factors. Aims: to identify the prevalence of adherence to lipid-lowering therapy, the factors contributing to non-adherence and knowledge regarding hyperlipidaemia and its’ treatment among Malaysian patients with hyperlipidemia. Methods: A quantitative study using a cross-sectional survey was carried out in an urban primary care clinic in August 2015. Patients on lipid-lowering therapy for ≥ 1 year aged ≥ 18 years were selected using simple random sampling. consenting patients answered a self-administered questionnaire (in Malay/English) which included socio-demographic profile, hyperlipidaemia profile, adherence to lipid-lowering therapy (using the Morisky Medication Adherence scale-8; score ≥ 6 taken as adherent), reasons leading to non-adherence, knowledge regarding hyperlipidaemia and its’ treatment, and use of non-allopathic medicine. Results: the response rate was 90.7%. the prevalence of adherence to lipid-lowering therapy was 82.4%. “the most common reasons for non-adherence was being worried about side effect of lipid-lowering agent (71.4%), followed by the need to take too many drugs in a day (61.4%) and negative influences by friends, relative and mass media (60%)”. Factors associated with non-adherence include male gender, on longer duration of therapy, less frequency of follow-up, less number of follow-up clinics, taking medication at night/random timing and having lower knowledge scores. Conclusion: Overall the prevalence of adherence was high in patients with hyperlipidaemia. Interventions to boost adherence should target those who were identified as non-adherent.
format Article
author Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Mohamed, Mohazmi
Hussein, Norita
spellingShingle Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Mohamed, Mohazmi
Hussein, Norita
Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
author_facet Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Mohamed, Mohazmi
Hussein, Norita
author_sort Devaraj, Navin Kumar
title Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
title_short Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
title_full Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
title_fullStr Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
title_sort prevalence, factors influencing and knowledge about adherence to lipid-lowering therapy among hyperlipidemia patients
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/1/Prevalence%2C%20factors%20influencing%20and%20knowledge%20about%20adherence%20to%20lipid-lowering%20therapy%20among%20hyperlipidemia%20patients.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56859/
http://www.e-mjm.org/index.html
_version_ 1643836315575255040
score 13.239859

Similar Items