title: [Noncompliance with programmed appointments in dyslipidemia patients in pharmacologic treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the non-compliance of patients with Lipaemia with scheduled appointments, to define the profile of non-attending patients and to study the best way of identifying them.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary Care Centres in the province of Alicante.
  
  
  METHODS
  107 patients with Lipaemia from five General Medical clinics who received treatment with lipid-lowering drugs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Non-compliance was assessed by reviewing the appointment books. Non-compliant patients were defined as those who had not attended 80-100% of the appointments made in the six months since the beginning of the study. Non-compliance with appointments was 16.8% (CI: 9.7-23.9). In the profile study none of the variables analysed showed significant differences. Of the methods validated, level of knowledge had the highest sensitivity (88.9%: CI 81.9-94.1); and medical judgement the greatest specificity (86.5%: CI 79.5-92.5), with the coefficient for probability of low compliance 2.9 and best Kappa index 0.25.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One out of every six patients with Lipaemia does not attend follow-up appointments. There is no profile of the non-compliant patient. Only medical judgement can be valid for suspecting non-compliance with scheduled appointments.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piñeiro Chousa
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Gil Guillén
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pastor López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donis Otero
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Torres Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merino Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: El incumplimiento a las citas programadas en los pacientes dislipémicos con tratamiento farmacológico.