OBJECTIVE: To assess therapeutic compliance in osteoporosis in women in a Primary Care (PC) setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and multicenter study, conducted in PC centers of the 17 Spanish Autonomous Regions. 1,649 women who had initiated treatment for osteoporosis at least 3 months before entering the study were recruited. To assess therapeutic compliance, two questionnaires, the Haynes-Sackett or self-communicated compliance test (AC) and the Morisky-Green test (MG) were used. RESULTS: Patients' mean age (± SD) was 66.59 years (9.5) and the mean time since diagnosis was 5.08 years (4.87). Bisphosphonates were the most precribed drugs (82% of the patients) and only 52% of the patients were taking calcium and vitamin D supplements. Analysis of the therapeutic compliance level shows that, as per the MG test, 68.7% of the patients were non-compliers, and 11.2% were non-compliers as per the AC test. CONCLUSIONS: An important percentage of women with post-menopausal osteoporosis in Spain's PC setting show a high level of non-compliance.
OBJECTIVE: To assess therapeutic compliance in osteoporosis in women in a Primary Care (PC) setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and multicenter study, conducted in PC centers of the 17 Spanish Autonomous Regions. 1,649 women who had initiated treatment for osteoporosis at least 3 months before entering the study were recruited. To assess therapeutic compliance, two questionnaires, the Haynes-Sackett or self-communicated compliance test (AC) and the Morisky-Green test (MG) were used. RESULTS:Patients' mean age (± SD) was 66.59 years (9.5) and the mean time since diagnosis was 5.08 years (4.87). Bisphosphonates were the most precribed drugs (82% of the patients) and only 52% of the patients were taking calcium and vitamin D supplements. Analysis of the therapeutic compliance level shows that, as per the MG test, 68.7% of the patients were non-compliers, and 11.2% were non-compliers as per the AC test. CONCLUSIONS: An important percentage of women with post-menopausal osteoporosis in Spain's PC setting show a high level of non-compliance.
Authors: Sara Khalid; Sara Calderon-Larrañaga; Samuel Hawley; M Sanni Ali; Andrew Judge; Nigel Arden; Tjeerd van Staa; Cyrus Cooper; Muhammad Kassim Javaid; Daniel Prieto-Alhambra Journal: Clin Epidemiol Date: 2018-10-09 Impact factor: 4.790